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A review by caffeineaddict980
The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher
5.0
After Lizzie is caught in bed with her best friend’s boyfriend on an important night in her high school setting, the whole school turns against her along with her best friend.
As a result of this, she kills herself.
Angie begins an investigation into her best friend’s suicide when Lizzie’s diary entries are showing up in lockers, everyone is a suspect in her death.
Much like Thirteen Reasons Why, we have a slight nod to the concept of The Butterfly Effect in which there are different results and different outcomes based on one decision being slightly altered.
The book shifts from Angie’s point of view to Lizzie’s diary entries, so we get a glimpse of both girls and their lives. As the plot thickens, we see things become revealed that we as readers didn’t expect, it turns out Lizzy’s suicide is more complex than meets the eye.
There were scenarios in the book that began to become uncovered involving characters that I had my doubts about, but when it was confirmed that my gut instinct was right, this book had me thinking ‘I knew it!’
All the different aspects of the ending took me completely by surprise. There was the revelation that Lizzie was actually in love with Angie all along, which was a nice LGBT twist!
It turns out that Angie herself wrote those things on the lockers and put the diary entries in lockers to try and work out what happened and who has actually harassing Lizzie and bring everyone to justice and she ends up making a colossal decision that affects everyone.
This novel took me by surprise and was nothing like I expected, it had me doubting my own gut instincts at points! Full of twists and turns, this novel touches on dark and important themes that need to be addressed and were addressed well in this novel.
As a result of this, she kills herself.
Angie begins an investigation into her best friend’s suicide when Lizzie’s diary entries are showing up in lockers, everyone is a suspect in her death.
Much like Thirteen Reasons Why, we have a slight nod to the concept of The Butterfly Effect in which there are different results and different outcomes based on one decision being slightly altered.
The book shifts from Angie’s point of view to Lizzie’s diary entries, so we get a glimpse of both girls and their lives. As the plot thickens, we see things become revealed that we as readers didn’t expect, it turns out Lizzy’s suicide is more complex than meets the eye.
There were scenarios in the book that began to become uncovered involving characters that I had my doubts about, but when it was confirmed that my gut instinct was right, this book had me thinking ‘I knew it!’
All the different aspects of the ending took me completely by surprise. There was the revelation that Lizzie was actually in love with Angie all along, which was a nice LGBT twist!
It turns out that Angie herself wrote those things on the lockers and put the diary entries in lockers to try and work out what happened and who has actually harassing Lizzie and bring everyone to justice and she ends up making a colossal decision that affects everyone.
This novel took me by surprise and was nothing like I expected, it had me doubting my own gut instincts at points! Full of twists and turns, this novel touches on dark and important themes that need to be addressed and were addressed well in this novel.