![]() 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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