Sunday, September 22, 2019

"Someone Knows" by Lisa Scottoline


“Someone Knows”
Written by Lisa Scottoline
Reviewed by Diana Iozzia

Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline
In a tradition of many of my favorite books, “Someone Knows” is a cautionary tale of friendship, one in which tells of a small group of friends who had made a grave mistake and caused a death. We meet Kyle, Allie, Sasha, Julian, and David. Twenty years ago, they played a prank, telling one of their friends that they had played Russian Roulette and that the friend should play as well. The gun fires and kills. Told in two storylines, we see the beginning of their friendship group and then later, we see how their lives and the lives of their families have unraveled.

One of the interesting choices that Scottoline makes is telling the story through all of the characters’ perspectives, including the parents of these children. In creating a more well-rounded story, attempting to give us the most amount of detail, Scottoline does not provide enough detail into the teens and how they’ve grown up. We receive I absolutely love this type of story, but I did not feel that the parent perspectives were necessary to this story.

I enjoyed how the story progressed, giving us small details about each character, making us wonder who will be killed and who is the true cause of the murder. The villain is quite clear early on, but we receive such small sprinklings of information about them, that we are not quite sure. However, once the reveal occurs, we are still enraptured, waiting to see what the villain will do next.

Although I had wished the story had been told a tad differently, I still enjoyed this book. I loved the introduction of the character, Larry. This story had a very satisfying ending, and I enjoyed the climax. I had never read a book by Scottoline before, and I am now interested to read her others. I recommend this story, but it will not become a favorite. I enjoy books with this similar sort of storyline: a group of friends cause a horrible accident. Other stories that I recommend with this sort of premise are: “The French Girl” by Lexie Elliot, “The Secret History”, and “If We Were Villains” by M.L. Rio.

I received a complimentary advance reader’s edition of this book in exchange for reading and reviewing purposes. Thank you again to Putnam Books.

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