Reviews

Accomplice by Eireann Corrigan

dizzybell06's review against another edition

3.0

Interesting story about two teenagers who stage ones abduction in hopes of creating a story that will help them get into college. This book was not at all what I was expecting and I was very surprised by how it all played out. This book will start to pull you in quickly and trap you until the very end.

nnneato's review against another edition

2.0

The summary leads you to believe that this is an intense story with a lot of emotion and drama in it... I didn't get that out of Accomplice. The consequences of Chloe and Finn's plan are what is to be expected. While it was a 'page turner', it seems more like the story has you turning pages to see when things will get interesting. In the final quarter, I started skipping paragraphs and skimming... it just didn't live up to expectations.

marinarawr's review against another edition

3.0

I did enjoy this book, quite a lot, but it became very unbelievable. What was supposed to be a realistic book about a very bad decision, became pure fiction with no substance for me to cling to. By the end of the book I wasn't feeling emotion for any of the characters.
This book had a great set-up and an intriguing plot but it fell short.

uroobaa's review against another edition

1.0

THE CHARACTERS WERE SO STUPID LMFAOAAOAOA why r u going to SUCH a great length to get a scholarship or something like. no girl do NOT tell ur friend to bash ur skull in with a log so that she can seem like a hero for saving you and not look boring anymore to the rest of your small town? this was a literal PAIN to read but so funny to look back on

leab11482's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

lorathelibrarian's review against another edition

3.0

This book was decent, but it dragged on a bit.

I liked the story...two teenage girls faking the disappearance of one of them. The narrator, Finn, really grabs at the readers heartstrings and you really relate to her and start to really despise the other girl, Chloe (the girl who has supposedly been abducted).

If the book was a bit shorter I think I would have enjoyed it more. But by the end I was really frustrated with the decisions the girls were making because they were just plain stupid. And, in turn, that made the adults around them seem stupid too.

Fans of realistic fiction/adventure stories will pick this up and enjoy it. I would recommend it as a read alike to Whatever Happened to Cass McBride (Giles) and even to Stolen (Christopher).

whorriorr's review against another edition

4.0

This was a really creative book about how a desperate idea came to be and how they got in wayyy to deep. This book kept me guessing and it amazed me what some people would do for attention. Ifelt bad for Finn and wondered how she actually felt about chloe, but i think she made the right dcision in the end

carstensena's review against another edition

2.0

Read this for Student Bookgroup, and I am not a fan. Neither were most of the students, although it did lead to a great discussion.

heremireadz's review against another edition

4.0

This is a suspenseful yet simple young adult novel that keeps you on the edge the entire time. Chloe and Finn are best girlfriends in a very small, rural town. They are good high school students, and nothing dramatic ever happens to them. Until they realize that they may never get in to a good university unless something dramatic does happen to them. Which is when they decide to stage Chloe's kidnapping. Finn will end up finding Chloe, safe and sound, and they will both have a killer admissions essay. However, things are not as easy as they seem. Because Chloe and Finn's lives are not the only ones to change because of their scheme. Corrigan leaves you conflicted about who to like and who to trust until the very end of the book. Written from Finn's perspective, the book is not extremely detailed in the mystery or legal sense (think: NOT Jodi Piccoult), but it is truly worth its twist at the end. I would recommend to any young adult.

pale_faced_fear's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5