This was the best book that I've read in a long while. I love the format of this book. There are multiple characters and viewpoints, some that we only get to experience once but they each have a meaning and purpose. I loved each voice and the journey that each chapter brings us as we head to the end reveal. The different POV's also makes it a very quick read.
Trey, Ramon, and JB are suspects in the murder of their school principal.They are all student of a very strict and, supposedly, very achieving prep school called Urban Promise Prep. UPP is supposed to help you minority men succeed in life, but instead it's a prison where the young students are herded around and easily punished. These 3 young men all claim innocence and take the readers through their individual day before and day of the murder. Each of them have a motive and means to have committed the murder, but who really did it?
I have to say the writing was great and the plot did have you hanging until the end. I was about 80% of the way through before I had a good feeling on who did it. I won't tell you if I was right or wrong! I was invested from the get go and I really recommend this read, not only for the plot and voices that I mentioned earlier, but also the important commentary on racism and how society views young Black or Latino men. This school was supposed to help them succeed but it instead enforced ridiculous rules, as if they were already criminals. It was a 5 out of 5 stars for me.
Trey, Ramon, and JB are suspects in the murder of their school principal.They are all student of a very strict and, supposedly, very achieving prep school called Urban Promise Prep. UPP is supposed to help you minority men succeed in life, but instead it's a prison where the young students are herded around and easily punished. These 3 young men all claim innocence and take the readers through their individual day before and day of the murder. Each of them have a motive and means to have committed the murder, but who really did it?
I have to say the writing was great and the plot did have you hanging until the end. I was about 80% of the way through before I had a good feeling on who did it. I won't tell you if I was right or wrong! I was invested from the get go and I really recommend this read, not only for the plot and voices that I mentioned earlier, but also the important commentary on racism and how society views young Black or Latino men. This school was supposed to help them succeed but it instead enforced ridiculous rules, as if they were already criminals. It was a 5 out of 5 stars for me.