Title: Complicit
Author: Stephanie Kuehn
Publication Date: June 24, 2014
Pages: 256
Genre: Young Adult, Thriller, Contemporary
Rating: 4.5 stars
Summary: Two years ago, sixteen-year-old Jamie Henry breathed a sigh of relief when a judge sentenced his older sister to juvenile detention for burning down their neighbor’s fancy horse barn. The whole town did. Because Crazy Cate Henry used to be a nice girl. Until she did a lot of bad things. Like drinking. And stealing. And lying. Like playing weird mind games in the woods with other children. Like making sure she always got her way. Or else.
But today Cate got out. And now she’s coming back for Jamie.
Because more than anything, Cate Henry needs her little brother to know this one simple truth: She’s not the crazy one and never has been.
Have you ever been mad at book? No, seriously, like pissed the fuck off at a book?! That was me. With this book. At the end. THAT ENDING!!! I was ranting about this finale for days. My boyfriend told me to get over it, it's just a book. But it was so much more, he didn't understand!
Thank you book grandma, you have summed this up nicely. Although I read it on my kindle, so no paperbacks for me. Honestly, if it were an actual book it would've ended up trampled on. I wanted to kill it.
But those are the great books, am I right? The kind that evoke some feeling whether they be happy, depressed or hulk-angry. I'm surprised how quickly I read it though. Within the better part of a day, it only took a couple sittings to get through. I'd put it down to do something and find myself coming right back to it, eager to find out what happens. The funny thing is there isn't even that much action in it until very near the end. We're mainly stuck with Jamie and his day to day thoughts. But it wasn't boring. I never felt bored, which was such a fantastic change! I'm typically a fantasy reader, so I was worried when I saw how internal everything was.
But let us get to the good stuff. You know, like what actually happened in this god-forsaken book.
Obviously, I liked it quite a bit. 4.5 stars, dayum. The writing was incredible. I sunk like a stone in Stephanie's little world and I never felt off-kilter. Characters were spot on, they were likable, unpredictable, and very very life-like. What's not to love? And that plot. Oh, that finicky, slithery snake of a plot. It loops, it twists, and at the very last fucking second it squeezes everything out of you. Fuck this plot snake.
Jamie's crazy sister, Cate is finally out of juvie, and she has a secret so dark and consuming, there's nothing she can do to stop it. She has to tell Jamie, before it's too late. Throughout the whole book you're reading along and thinking damn, she is crazy. But then you remember the synopsis. What does it mean, she's not the crazy one?! Look at all this crap she's done. Well, about halfway through the gear sin your head will start turning and you're going to say to yourself, wait just a second.... However, most of the stuff that happens you will not see coming. I'd tell you to be prepared, but you can't. There's just no way. All I can tell you is you never really know a person, sometimes you never really know yourself.
Provided by the publisher via NetGalley for an honest review. Thank you!
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