Normally I don't do reviews of books, and maybe I should start... So I decided to review this particular book. I noticed a lot of reviews before from Goodreads and Amazon where people have really tried to bury this book as rubbish... I have to say as a personal opinion I disagree. I really did enjoy reading this book because it does present a real scenario of what a girl who has just lost someone, has to deal with growing up without the only true person she looked up to. She is between homes, has been placed in a new school with no friends and has to deal with this horrible death all at the same time. Yes it is a very depressing book, but it does give you perspective that not everything in life has a happy ending or things will not always go your way. I do agree that the author was trying to sound like a young girl, that she kind of did it too young for who was writing the letters, if that makes sense. This book is meant to be read my young adults and sometimes we as adults when we read these forget that. There are things in this book that I could completely relate too (even though I am an adult) or could relate to if I was a young adult. I gave it 4 stars because of what I had mentioned before of the author trying to sound too young, but other than that I really enjoyed this book. I would truly recommend it.