Book: If We Were Villains
Author: M. L. Rio
Review: Rio explores a different approach than Tartt in her book which is about how seven students who are friends from within their college manage to get themselves into trouble. Rio starts us off with a simple friendship that grows sour by the time one of their friends end up dead in a lake near a boathouse. What seems like a murder mystery becomes a tale of sacrifice and death as the student makes a final decision to sacrifice his life for his best friend into college. Rio gives us a collective of his memories after he comes out of prison and in between parts gives us his testimony of how much had happened at his local college which makes it a Tartt-esque reading experience.
Star Rating : 5 of 5
Spice rating : 1 of 5
Book Recommendation : Yes/To those who love mysteries and college conspiracies.
Thoughts:
- A mysterious death.
- Something a little different yet Tartt-esque.
- The perfect cliffhanger.
- Crime and sacrifice.