The best part of this book is the intruige. Emily Koll assumes the reader knows what her crime was because it was in the headlines of the fictional news. As a result she doesn't mention what she's done which was a really clever way to not give the climax of the novel away. Emily hints at what she's done as to intruige the reader but it still leaves enough suspense. There are constantly these plot holes that are all resolved at the end.
The way Emily is portrayed is very clever because we are really taught to pity Emily and to empathise with Emily even though what she does is really morally unhinged. I still really liked Emily even though she wasn't likeable. She was just a really great antihero.
The pace started really slowly but warmed up and the ending is really outstanding.
I didn't really relate to the voice which was a shame. I felt it had reverted to the Classic Brit Lit YA Voice without really understanding being a teenager beyond having crushes on boys.
I would recommend this if:
You want a book that's pretty vindictive
You want a book that covers child psychology.
You want a classic british YA novel
I gave this three stars
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