Highly Recommended.
More psychological thriller than strict horror I nevertheless wanted to include this because, primarily, it’s a wonderful book but also because it comes with genuine, if non-supernatural, thrills. This is a tight, claustrophobic and gripping tale centred around a group of teenaged female friends.
Pinborough, a one-time teacher, has a deft and exact touch when it comes to depicting the voices, enthusiasms and fears of teenage friendship. And hatred. She’s also adept at using the pervasive nature of social media to power and inform her plotting and draw the tension tight around her story.
Natasha is found in a freezing river on the edge of a small town. It quickly becomes clear that she died for 13 minutes. What is less clear is how or why she died. Natasha has no clear memory of how she got in the river but as her friends gather around her in hospital it’s obvious that someone does know.
What follows is brilliantly judged, twisting journey into the lies, loves and hatreds that can exist in the pressure cooker of female teenage friendship groups. This is an empathetic novel that touches on bullying and power-plays, on the heightened emotions of youth. Pinborough maintains the tension impeccably to leave you always on the verge of knowing what’s happened but never being quite certain.
This is perfect for anyone who enjoys the novels of Gillian Flynn or who loved the film Heathers.
From the author of Behind Her Eyes, now a Netflix Original Series hit"Mean Girls for the Instagram age." --The Times (London) They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but when you're a teenage girl, it's hard to tell them apart. Natasha doesn't remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this--it wasn't an accident, and she wasn't suicidal. Her two closest friends are acting strangely, and Natasha turns to Becca, the best friend she dumped years before when she got popular, to help her figure out what happened. Natasha's sure that her friends love her. But does that mean they didn't try to kill her? Sarah Pinborough, the New York Times bestselling author known for her thrilling twists, is back.
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From the author of Behind Her Eyes, now a Netflix Original Series hit"Mean Girls for the Instagram age." --The Times (London) They say you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but when you're a teenage girl, it's hard to tell them apart. Natasha doesn't remember how she ended up in the icy water that night, but she does know this--it wasn't an accident, and she wasn't suicidal.
13 Minutes features in the following genres: Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy, Thriller and Suspense, eBooks of the Month, Horror and Supernatural Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Fiction, Recommendations
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13 Minutes was written by Sarah Pinborough and published by Flatiron Books
13 Minutes has 352 pages
