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Can you kill someone for secrets!??


Finally, i read a book that's in my favourite genre; Crime-Thriller-Investigation. Read Karen M. McManus' One of us is lying recently and oh boy, it was gripping and intense!

It has a simple backdrop; 5 students are put in detention; Bronwyn- the geek, Addy- the princess, Cooper- the sports star, Nate- one misstep away from life of crime or the bad boy and Simon- the outsider. The story starts pretty early as they all got caught by Mr. Avery for possessing cellphones during his class and hence the detention. By the end of detention, four walks out alive while Simon doesn't. Who killed Simon? and how? All of them are suspects and the investigators conclude its no accident. Do they make the bad boy as the obvious outlier and scapegoat to the murder or is there anything else? What happened next? that's the blurb about this story.

I was excited for this as 1. I love crimes, i mean genre. 2. This is my first crime novel and it lived up to the expectations I had. I juggled between book and Netflix as I was watching a series, Signal (Korean-2016) in netflix which was again happened to be Crime-Thriller-Investigation genre. As i switch between these two, it was quite an experience trying to decode what comes next?- in series as well as the novel. Spare me a minute for my experience of Signal- It was a perfect blend of Investigation and law & order with a conventional climax, i knew this would be the end and wasn't surprised. And, the series didn't have any cliffhanger ending as well hence an above average climax(post climax). If, you're a fan of crime thriller, then Signal is for you, Perfect Watch. 

About the book, not gonna lie, there were many twists i didn't see them coming. The author pulled it off effortlessly, the way she narrates and the narrative shifts by her was outstanding. Since i got overhyped as the story progresses, i expected something very very banger at the climax (or post climax i should say) but that didn't happen. The last 15-20 pages were dead rubber. I don't know whether its me who got spoiled by movies who place cliffhanger endings post climax for sequel that makes me wait for a twist or something mindboggling post climax, apart from that climax was unexpected and kind of felt conventional after the final ice break. This is a solid 8.5/10 in my opinion and this is for all 'whodunit enthusiasts'. I've got few more crime novels up next. Until next time, happy reading. Ciao!

With love
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