Unfortunately, Friendship’s police are more adept at looking for lost pets than catching killers. So Ruth’s best friend, Kippy Bushman, armed with only her tenacious Midwestern spirit and Ruth’s secret diary (which Ruth’s mother had asked her to read in order to redact any, you know, sex parts), sets out to find the murderer. But in a quiet town like Friendship—where no one is a suspect—anyone could be the killer.
Genre: YA, contemporary.
Cover Love: very interesting, looks like a sweater. Grabs your attention!
Overview:
Ok. Let me list the good things first: very funny and witty. Like all contemps. are. It made it laugh out loud many times, and not many books can do that. (like...just two) and the writing was good, and fast paced, so it easy to get pulled into the story. I also liked the mystery/murder element too. I love mystery, and I like contemp. a lot too, so it was a good mix! The bad things though...were things that people said, mention of things that don't need to be in there. But otherwise than that, really great read! I'd recommend it to people who didn't mind said things. Kippy is a great MC, I love her, even though she has a few mental problems, which is understandable by her life. I didn't like her way of not sticking up for herself in the right ways, not speaking up when it could help, things like that. And her dad, Dommy, was one of those parents who doesn't know what to do with his child, so that got annoying, but hey, come on, all people make mistakes, even parents. Davey was nice too! I approve. (which he was like...a little younger...kind of too old for Kippy)
Romance:
If there was a word for the romance in this book it would be: messy. Kippy doesn't know what she wants, she's confused, have the town thinks she's insane. Kippy never went over the line per say, but her friend, Ruth did. (and Kippy reads her diary which has...odd things in it) so for romance in this one...I don't recommend this book for people who are bothered by such things.
Language:
Words you shouldn't say, a lot in some parts, not so much in others.
Violence:
Oh boy!!! First off, this is a murder book. Ruth Fried (Freed) was murdered, and how the horrible awful person did it, was horrible and awful, and it's sad to think that there are really crazy people out there. So if you don't like violence, I'd just skip over the parts they start to talk about it. It was awful. (but in the end...everything was alright, the person was caught and YAY) People are getting cut, and getting bruises all kinds of things as well.
Religion:
The Fried's are Jewish, and they mention their culture and stuff, but nothing choking about it.
Not a bad book. It made me laugh, which is always important, just had some things in it, is all.
Rating: 3.75 out of 5 stars!
-Louisa
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