People Like Us

I truly recommend this book , without a doubt the best thing I have ever read. This book was simply great. As a young person who doesn't read often and usually struggles to comprehend whats happening in books I find it very hard to submerge myself into a book. My dad bought me this book in hope I would enjoy the story line and characters. And he was right ! This book is amazing , I had transformed from not reading at all to waking up and wanting to read this from the moment I woke up. It is so gripping and leaves you constantly thinking about the characters and unexpected story lines , my mind wouldnt let me think about naything else! Right from the start I noticed just how well the author can use such great descriptions of scenes and people and found it a pleasure the whole way through because of the way she writes. As For the story line, I loved getting to know Kay and her group of friends throughout the book all of her troubles and life choices made for a really well tied together story and dramatic ending, all the characters are so well thought about and put together ,making it so inventive but realistic at the same time. I loved Bates school and found it so easy to picture it in my head because of how fantastic the author can set the scene.The plot had me so intrigued and every time I thought it might end I realised I still had so much to read and that it it wasn't just straight forward.The more you read of this book the more you start to understand about things mentioned at the start that all tie in with each other. Personally I loved the character Spencer and loved how when Spencer was involved it was so nice to reed that I could picture every move he made in my head.This book was incredible and has started a new reader inside of me. As soon as this book ended I looked up to see if this had a sequel and that just shows how good it was. So yes the only criticism of the book would be why wasn't there a number 2 !!

Loved this book

"Mean Girls" meets "Pretty Little Liars" in this boarding school set thriller with a clique of popular girls, revenge plots, dead bodies and lots of betrayal. "People Like Us" is wickedly engrossing as it deals with serious themes including suicide, mental illness, sexuality and bullying. While the ending could've been stronger and slightly less predictable, readers come out of the story remembering why it's important to be nicer to everyone around them.“It’s the sort of thing that bugs you after someone dies. You remember little ways you wronged them. Even if they deserved it.”

This book is about Kay and her friends living at a boarding school where they are known to be those girls we all hated in high school. They rule their school bullying everyone who breathes in their direction. Then everything changes when a girl named Jessica who "no one knows" is murdered. Kay doesn't even know her which is why it's odd when she receives an email from her telling her to take down the bullies or Kay will be taken down with her own secrets. I had to read this book as fast as I could just so I could have the chance to tell people everywhere to read it. This book has it all, lust, sex, drugs, scandal. It was nuts. I couldn't help but continue to say that this book was like pretty little liars but at a boarding school. I knew it was going to be good but it was better then good. It was SO GOOD IT WAS EXHAUSTING. I couldn't stop reading until I found out who did it. And GODDDD was it worth it.

Just a disclaimer I’m a young adult reader who used my dads account to buy books, so if the name is confusing that’s why.Anyways, I love a good murder mystery and I really was intrigued by the plot from the beginning which is why I picked it up. This book was unrealistic and really way out there, and honestly, that's not necessarily a bad thing with books, but with this one, it was just plain dumb. I felt like who ended up being the killer was just randomly thrown in there to make it a surprise, but let's face it, it wasn't surprising at all. Even though I figured out who the killer was maybe like a few chapters in, I still wanted to find out why they did it, and the reasoning behind it was just like what? Totally unbelievable and just didn't make sense. Another thing, I didn't like Kay at all. She was so mean and vicious to everyone, I dont know I just couldn't get behind a character who was a flat out bully. The writing was actually really great, but Kay I mean I hate to say it but she ruined the book for me, maybe if her character had been more likable and not a mean girl I might have somewhat enjoyed the book.