Liked: We are ANTI TRUE CRIME that glorifies murderers and hurts families! 

We have socioeconomic diversity in this book, and it really affects the way you perceive these characters, their choices, and just the story in general. 

LGBT+ representation (though the word "lesbian" isn't used, which is weird? A friend mentioned that they have issues with authors being hesitant to use the word so it popped out to me here that it was not used)

Chapter 39 is really good.

I liked the closure that she gets with her mom there, and it comes full circle. I wish this was the ending of the book.

A CRAZY twist (that you can see coming if you think about it)

Disliked: The tone of this book "feels" YA. Like aggressively. It felt like several chapters ended with an on-the-nose musing that made it sound kinda preachy/strange. 

The climax/ big dramatic scene was

so confusing? Why didn't she... just leave the house??? why go all the way upstairs instead of trying to leave through the front door? Genuine question. And it really dragged for me BECAUSE I was confused and it felt like "i got trapped, then I got out, then I ran, then I got trapped again, then I fought, then I ran, then I couldn't get out, then we fought more..."

Dallas' characterization during the climax was waaaayy dramatic tbh. Felt really over-the-top and for what?

The wrap-up after the climax just felt... off, rushed, contrived, and just plain unsatisfying. I wish that something was set up before the climax for one of Casey's friends to come find her, or the cops to, or something along those lines, and for Dallas to get caught. IDK. And I didn't like that the friend group decided to keep breaking into places after all of this... like why? Wouldn't it cause anxiety remembering how wrong things can go? Did they not learn their lesson fr? And I wish there were consequences to Jacob being stabbed, it got REALLY swept under the rug once we figured out who did it. And the scene with Eddie's family supporting him, like I said, feels contrived. Meh? Meh.

TLDR: The ending felt a bit fumbled, but it was still generally enjoyable