Not Alex, but us.Those who venture more than a few steps into the water are met with loud whistles from a park official overlooking the beach from a sheltered lifeguard tower nestled in the trees edging the sand swimming is not allowed, though visitors can wade a few steps in.īut some tourists are seemingly unable to resist the aquamarine waters of the bay and attempt to push the boundaries. Not because of what happened, but because of how disgusted I was to see the monster out of its mask. At the end of this book, I was completely destroyed. Little do we know, until the end, how much of a monster we already are, and how, compared to us, Alex Craft is a saint. That's the moment we can no longer judge her, because we wish we could be her. That moment, that's the moment we begin to sympathize with the monster. It's about owning up to all of the problems that we either directly caused ourselves, or that we allowed to fester while we stood by watching the infection slowly take hold, because fighting it is hard, and it's easier to become complacent and turn a blind eye until it affects you in a way so real and direct you can't ignore it anymore. This book is about recognizing the monster within us, but also coming to terms with exactly how it got there in the first place. She holds up a mirror to not only our society, but to us as individuals, and most of us won't like what we see. Alex Craft is the repulsively attractive love child of rape culture and patriarchal dominance run rampant. This book is a hot, fever-sick punch in the gutĪnd it's exactly what our society needs and deserves. Not anyone.Īs their senior year unfolds, Alex's darker nature breaks out, setting these three teens on a collision course that will change their lives forever. And not with Peekay, the preacher's kid with a defiant streak who befriends Alex while they volunteer at an animal shelter. Not with Jack, the star athlete who wants to really know her but still feels guilty over the role he played the night Anna's body was discovered.

While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can't be trusted among other people. Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best - the language of violence.

A stunning, unforgettable listen.Īlex Craft knows how to kill someone. Edgar Award-winning author Mindy McGinnis delivers a dark and riveting contemporary YA novel that blends the unflinching honesty of Laurie Halse Anderson's Speak with the relentless pacing and alternating perspectives of Gone Girl.

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