People Like Us
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People Like Us
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Narrated by:
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Erin Spencer
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By:
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Dana Mele
About this listen
A sharp psychological thriller that's just right for fans of Pretty Little Liars - this story will seduce, mislead, and, finally, betray you.
Kay Donovan has skeletons in her closet, but who doesn't? The past is the past, and now Kay's a star soccer player whose group of gorgeous, pedigreed friends run their private school with effortless popularity and acerbic wit. But when a girl's body is found in the lake, Kay's carefully constructed life begins to topple. The dead girl has left a memento, a computer-coded scavenger hunt, which, as it unravels, begins to implicate each of Kay's friends, until Kay herself is in the crosshairs of the murder investigation. At this school, no one is quite what they seem...even Kay.
Debut author Dana Mele has written a taut, sophisticated suspense novel that listeners will tear through and not stop talking about.
©2017 Dana Mele (P)2017 Listening LibraryCritic Reviews
“This juicy prep-school thriller has queen bees, super-cliques, and hints of PLL and Gossip Girl. But if you think you’ve got every plot turn figured out, think again: the drama is just getting started.” (Seventeen Magazine)
“[A] whirlwind, fast-paced YA mystery.... Not only will Mele’s gorgeous, melodic writing have you entranced, but the layered mystery of it all will have you scrambling to turn the pages to see who-dun-it.” (Buzzfeed)
"Steeped in scandal and profound tragedy, this is a dark and thrilling look at female friendships, the pressures of scholastic success, and mental health.... A classic and frightening tale of betrayal and mental illness told in a fresh and contemporary way, this book is difficult to set down for even a moment. It is an intricately designed, beautifully written, and extraordinarily chilling story." (School Library Journal)
What listeners say about People Like Us
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- thereadaholic
- 29-05-2023
A flawed and predictable whodunnit
Kay is a self-styled Queen Bee at an elite boarding school who will do whatever it takes to create a life where she is popular, successful and in control. She is an unreliable narrator, reframing and rewriting her tragic past where her actions and infections contributed to the death of her beloved brother and best friend. To retain her spot in the social order, she torments those further down the pole; actions that come back to bite her when a fellow student is found murdered and she becomes a prime suspect.
The adults in the book, for the most part, are two dimensional caricatures, and this is what made it impossible to suspend disbelief as the body count increased and the tormentor became the tormented. It beggars belief that staff would not intervene when Kay's door is covered in vile graffiti written in permanent marker, no matter what she had done previously. Sports are suspended but parents aren't contacted when students are interviewed by police and there is no mention of special assemblies or counselling or anything else as the school is rocked by tragedy.
I correctly guessed the murderer early in the book and was constantly irritated by the stupid decisions Kay makes.
On the plus side, this was a compelling listen, possibly due to the excellent narrator.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 28-01-2019
started slow but dam... go hard stromg
I addmit so many names at the start was hard to keep track and the yard bi$%ness annoyed me at first.... but it was woven in to the story. And bam great stuff
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