I Killed Zoe Spanos by Kit Frick

 

This is one of those books where even though it was beautifully written and did everything technically right, the story just didn't hook me. Some YA books feel like they're an adult trying to sound like a teen and this book, and the way it kind of kept breaking the fourth wall with its little philosophical asides, vibed a little like that. I kept reading, wanting to find out the twist, but the surreal way it was being told and the clearly unrealiable narrator made me suspect that the mystery was trying to be more than it was and I wouldn't like the twist.

I probably should have DNFed but I really wanted to find out what happened. As a REBECCA retelling-- or maybe a REBECCA homage-- I'm not sure I would have been able to put the pieces together myself if I hadn't been told beforehand that this was inspired by REBECCA. Other people seem to like it, though, so I could well be the odd one out here. Strange book.

2 out of 5 stars