Friday night. The party of the summer. Four teens ride home together. Only one never makes it. When high school sophomore Chris Moore is tragically killed in a car crash, Armstrong Prep is full of questions. Who was at the wheel? And more importantly, who was at fault? Eighteen-year-old Spencer Sandoval wishes she knew. As rumours swirl that her ex, Ethan, was the reckless driver, she can't bring herself to defend him. And their messy breakup has nothing to do with it - she can't remember anything from that night, not even ...
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Friday night. The party of the summer. Four teens ride home together. Only one never makes it. When high school sophomore Chris Moore is tragically killed in a car crash, Armstrong Prep is full of questions. Who was at the wheel? And more importantly, who was at fault? Eighteen-year-old Spencer Sandoval wishes she knew. As rumours swirl that her ex, Ethan, was the reckless driver, she can't bring herself to defend him. And their messy breakup has nothing to do with it - she can't remember anything from that night, not even what put her in that car with Ethan, Chris, and Tabby Hill, the new loner in school. The hunt for answers intensifies when a local true crime podcast takes an interest in the case, pushing Spencer further into the depths of this sinister mystery. Was it all just a night out that went very wrong? And is it a coincidence that all but Chris is on Armstrong's esteemed honour roll, the Headmaster's List? In a place ruled by pedigree and privilege, the truth can only come at a deadly price. Set against the glitz and glamour of an elite LA private school, Melissa de la Cruz's first YA thriller is an addictive mystery perfect for fans of Gossip Girl and A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.
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de la Cruz has written so many amazing characters throughout her kidlit novels. She writes diversity, and she writes personality. In THE HEADMASTER'S LIST, she tried so hard to write diversity, that she took it a little too far.
Tabby is a non-binary character. However, half of the book shines them as a villain, and the other half of the book forgets them altogether. They are even misgendered twice in the story.
Spencer is a woman of color. However, she is told by Hailey that she cheated with Ethan because of Spencer's "minority perks". Hailey is jealous, because as a blonde white woman she has had to work hard for the things Spencer was simply handed "on a silver platter". Ethan never broke up with her because he didn't want to "seem racist". It is an insult to people of color who do work hard for what they deserve.
The plot line of THE HEADMASTER'S LIST was enjoyable. There were two plot lines, one which I missed and the other that I knew was coming. It was a good story for a thriller. Had the characters not been written so insensitively, I might have enjoyed it more.
bostieslovebooks
Apr 4, 2023
mediocre YA mystery/thriller
A car crash leaves a 15-year-old dead. Eighteen-year-old Spencer, recovering from injuries, struggles to find out exactly what happened. Did her ex, Ethan, really cause the crash?
THE HEADMASTER'S LIST was a mediocre to average YA mystery/thriller read. I figured out one twist at the very beginning and the second somewhere in the middle of the book, so that took a bit of the enjoyment out of it. A lot of the plot felt cookie-cutter predictable for the genre and the characters could have been more developed. I did like that snippets of the crime podcast were included. That interjected a fun change of pace. The introduction of the nonbinary character felt awkward and came across as though they were included for the sake of checking off a diversity box and not because the author felt that including nonbinary character(s) was actually meaningful. I was disappointed in the way posttraumatic stress was portrayed and the lack of medically addressing this for the character (i.e., professional mental health services) but rather throwing a service dog at the situation immediately, though I see why the dog was included (plot device).
THE HEADMASTER'S LIST would be good for those who enjoy reasonably predictable mystery/thrillers and those who are fans of prep school settings.
