Lisa Jackson's Paranoid

Paranoid was written by Lisa Jackson, released by Kensington Books on June 25, 2019. I was given a free copy by NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

20 years ago a group of idiot teenagers played a ridiculously stupid game, and Rachel was blamed for killing her step-brother Luke. Now, with the 20 year anniversary upon them and the creation of their high school reunion committee, people from that eventful day have started getting murdered. Rachel has lived her life filled with guilt, even though she was eventually acquitted. She starts receiving text messages from an unknown number. Is she being paranoid, or is everything happening in the town related to that fateful day when Luke was killed?

This was a good book, but I had problems with it. There were a LOT of main characters. It wasn't always the easiest to keep them straight. The kids were complete and total idiots. I get that teenagers are dumb, but the ones featured in this book were unbelievably stupid. There also seemed to be a lot of plot holes and shortness of plot with the teenage characters, probably because there was already so much focus on everyone else. The book also felt about 100 pages too long. There wasn't enough action justifying the plot being dragged out like that.

I liked the story. The premise was super interesting. I just didn't like the resolution or 95% of the characters.

🌟🌟🌟/5 Stars

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