If you like to find out at the end of a thriller who the killer was and what happened, give this character-driven book a miss. It does have a lot of suspense, but the suspense doesn’t lead to anything. ( )

[Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from Blogging For Books in exchange for an honest review.]

Alice, Charlie, and Georgia begin their studies at Harvard each with the promise of a bright future. Their paths cross and they quickly form a unique sort of friendship. But when the campus is rocked by the murder of one of their classmates, the secrets that the three of them have kept from each other might prove enough to pull them apart forever. And while they all three want to put the murder behind them when they leave campus, they find that it might just continue to follow them--individually and collectively--until they can find a way to make peace with themselves and each other...

One of the hallmarks here is the vivid characters, which made it very easy to connect to them as a reader. There's a depth and complexity to each of them, but it is effortlessly presented, which is something I always appreciate when I'm reading. The story here is on the darker side, and I find that many authors will let the plot take the spotlight in these types of stories. But that's not true here, as this is very much a character-driven story and they shine through all three parts of the novel.

I honestly was hoping for a bit more of a specific resolution when I reached the end of the story. But after reflecting after putting the book down, I think that it does wrap up in a way that is fitting for the tone and nature of the story. There are still some twists and revelations, even if all the answers aren't given before reaching the back cover. ( )

What a shallow bunch. This story contained within it an intriguing mystery, but wasted most of the book on a bunch of unhappy and privileged whiners with the depth of ice trays. Don't waste your time. ( )

The writing was fine, the characters were well drawn, but after a few chapters, I found myself not really caring what they were doing. ( )

Georgia, Alice and Charlie are the main characters who meet as Harvard freshman. Then there is Rufus Storrow who is an attorney but serves as a housemaster and a visiting professor. Before graduation a fellow student and friend Julie Patel is murdered, and Storrow is assumed to be guilty due to him matching the description of the killer and the argument he and Julie had in his classroom.

I wanted to like this book because I love a good mystery, but for me there was too much back and forth between the characters, and their quirky lives. I was not drawn in by the characters as some others were, I found them a bit dysfunctional ( )