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The Tragedy Paper is one of the best young adult books I've read. It starts off with a boy named Duncan who goes to find his new dorm room at Irving, a private school. The tradition is that the previous occupant of the room leaves a treasure for the new occupant. Duncan's room was occupied by an albino boy named Tim Macbeth who...well, something happened involving Tim the previous year, but through the whole book LaBan keeps you guessing as to what it was. The treasure Tim leaves for Duncan is a
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Laban's writing felt plain at first, but her tightly-plotted story (a mash-up of Looking For Alaska and 13 Reasons Why) pulled me in quickly. High school senior Duncan Meade becomes the custodian of a series of recordings left behind by the former inhabitant of his dorm room, an outsider named Tim Macbeth. Tim's recordings recount his time at the school, where he's instantly drawn to the seemingly unobtainable Vanessa (he's albino, she's beautiful, and her boyfriend is the most popular jock in s
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It's got a tone that's a bit pandering, but honestly, so do most of the intelligent young men I know, so chalk up that to successful inhabitation of the character's voice. Interesting, realistic plot.
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A modern day cross between a Separate Piece and Ethan Frome
This was ok. If definitely kept me reading, but I thought it was lazy. I mostly kept reading because I knew some big giant thing was going to happen, and the main character kept saying, "OMG! It's so suspenseful! Something's going to happen!"
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