Review: You'll Be The Death Of Me
Nothing better than sitting down in the morning to write a blog about a mystery novel with a cup of coffee at hand. So yaknow, I graduated yesterday, which is not relevant to the blog but I felt like I needed to tell because you know, I'm awesome. And also because I finished my official March tbr [surprising I know], I decided to do a mystery binge in honour of "mysterious march" [Ew, never doing that again.]
Ivy, Cal and Mateo used to be the best of friends. Now the only thing that they happen to have common is that they all go to Carlton High School. One day, when the three of them decide to skip a day of school, just to take a break from their daily lives, just like old times. But what they don't know is that the death of a student of their school could turn the greatest day into the worst day ever and death has a weird scent that follows you even if you haven't done anything.
QUICK THOUGHTS AND REVIEW: 4.2/5, DAMN, DAMN, DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN.
WHAT DID I FEEL ABOUT THE BOOK'S:
1. Writing Quality: The thing I love about McManus's books is that you know that they're telling you the character's whole life story in the first few chapters itself, which, I think is highly unadvisable for a book but McManus does it like a genius. Like you actually won't mind the information dumping because you're always hunkering for more [did I use that term correctly?] And I really like the vibes that you get from the start. Like real mystery vibes. I love it. It's been quite a while since I read a good mystery book so YES.
2. Character Development: As much as I love all the characters, I do feel like Cal deserved more development than it should have been. Other than being the kid who is so cramped that he uses art as a vent and being hopelessly in love with his art teacher, I do not think that there is much to know about him. Mateo was a really good attempt while at it but seriously, I need more depth from him apart from him being an asshole sometimes. Both the boys needed more development. Ivy on the other hand is a complete darling. Not really because of what she did but I really like the development from her side. Good girl doing some really bad things. No, not the good girl gone bad because that is NOT what happens in the story. No, she has done some bad stuff in the past. That is what I mean. Mateo and Ivy's dynamic is kind of understandable too, though I kind of do not understand how it happens or why it happens. But Mateo saying
I stopped being mad when she almost died.
is top tier. As much as twisted as it sounds, this line is actually very good. The chapter where they made up is really pretty cute too.
3. Couldn't put it down- Ness: I'll say an 8-8.5/10. Because I just finished it in one sitting. Like took me two hours. Well two and a half considering I'd read it for half an hour before bed and my father threatened to break my laptop if I didn't go to sleep. But the fact that I finished the book within like two to three hours is actually something considering I haven't done that in quite a while.
4. Plot Twists: Karen M. McManus is the QUEEN 👑 of plot twists. Just like when I was like I had the book and plot figured out, BOOM, plot twist. And it's not even a simple plot twist. You'll be like oh it's nothing, NO SIR, it is not as easy as that. When the plot twist arrives your mind will be literally thinking, what the fuck just happened? Please don't tell me what I thought happened actually happened. Because it did and it did not. It's a fucking Schrodinger's cat in there until you're reaching that last chapter. SHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEISH.
5. Plot: I wish I could say more about this book but I made a mistake in sleeping after finishing this book which kind of wiped out all the immediate feelings and thoughts after I finished reading it. Kinda sadge. But I really enjoyed the plot to be honest. Maybe I should have posted this on the first of the points because I keep running out of things to say when I come to this point. Whatchu guys think? Lemme know in the comments.
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