The Game by Linsey Miller- for fans of Pretty Little Liars, One of Us is Lying, and Riverdale5/30/2020 This modern YA thriller will end up pretty popular. It reminded me a lot of other successful YA thrillers like Pretty Little Liars, One of Us is Lying, and #MurderTrending. The premise of a school/community wide game of Assassins going wrong and murderous was very intriguing. Linsey Miller does this idea justice. This story follows Lia who is obsessed with the Senior year game of Assassins- as she is a big gamer, and doesn't feel like she is particularly good at anything else. She is good but not great at anything except gaming- escape rooms, board games, etc. She has been preparing for this game for a whole year - listening and observing all of her classmates. It is one benefit of being relatively invisible, no one notices when you follow them/listen and take notes. This was a fun read and I would definitely read it again. The murderer was a bit expected as I had suspected the person for a large portion of the novel. I particularly love mystery and thriller novels, so this isn't completely unexpected. I still liked the novel and it left off on enough of a cliff hanger for Linsey Miller to write a sequel or series on the premise. I think I have plenty of students who would enjoy this book. In comparision to other YA novels in this genre it is measures up pretty well, but is not as complex of a mystery as some others that have come out. I look forward to see how my students react to The Game when it comes out August 2020!
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