A review by mischief_in_the_library
The S-Word by Chelsea Pitcher

4.0

I'm surprised by the dislike shown in a lot of the reviews here. Personally, I was expecting a light read (not sure why, given the blurb says the narrator's best friend just committed suicide), but found it a lot more enjoyably complex. People complain about the one-dimensionality of the dead girl (doesn't everyone become a saint in death?), but I particularly liked the characterisation of Angie. A cheerleader who displayed a handful of stereotypical traits of one, but whose most prominent personality traits made me surprised she wasn't being cast as belonging to the mildly-unpopular.

Perhaps I enjoyed it more because my expectations were lower going in. Everyone else seemed to be hunting for a message that never came,but without it, it was just an enjoyable story. Definitely worth the time.