A review by mppilk
Day One by Abigail Dean

dark emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Fans of Abigail Dean’s Girl A will undoubtedly enjoy this book too, although enjoy is probably not the right word in the circumstances. The story centres around Marty who loses her mother in a school shooting that, needless to say, rocks the entire town. However, for some totally unexplained reason, conspiracy theorists decide this never happened and it was actors involved. 
Trent decides to find out the truth and what follows is a back and forth timeline, over an 8 year period, primarily between Marty and Trent but also several other characters as well. That aspect at least holds your attention but the basic premise of the story simply had too many holes in it for me and I found the ending fell flat almost as if the author didn’t quite know how to finish it all. 
Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for this ARC.