Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Book 41: Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight

This book was incredibly engaging. After her daughter, Amelia, throws herself from the roof of her school, lawyer Kate Baron devotes herself to sifting through her daughter's texts, e-mails, and social media posts to reconstruct the events leading up to her daughter's death. The book is told through the dual perspectives of Kate in the present and Amelia before her death, and it's absolutely gripping to watch the  story unfold through the twinning stories. It reminded me quite a bit of Gillian Flynn, though not as gritty. I wasn't a huge fan of the ending, but that's a small complaint. A

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