“‘There’s only one thing sneakier than criminals.’
‘What’s that?’
‘Teenage girls.’”

Freaky fast. Good pull. Intriguing concept. A Y2K spree kill in a Blockbuster? Yeah. A similar attack fifteen years later in an ice cream parlor? Yep. Multi-perspective, a few solid reveals. Couldn’t be mad at it. Did pretty much what it said on the lid.

Criminally short chapters made the book feel like an amalgamation of cut scenes instead of a whole entity. Mid-range design of 70% of the characters cultivated apathy and disconnect, even going so far to sour foreshadowing that could have been clever. Not to say I saw every single twist coming, I’m not that jaded.

3/5 Pretty flat rate thriller: nothing wrong with good enough when the going rate is low already.