Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock

Although I loved the voice of this book's narrator (and the audio narration is excellent), the novel suffers from the same flaw that many first person novels do in trying to magically create suspense: withhold information. Leonard Peacock is turning 18 and he's got a grand celebration planned: he's going to kill his classmate Asher and then himself. Asher has apparently done something to earn his murder, but Leonard doesn't tell us what it is until very late in the day, although perhaps most readers will guess what it is. I find this kind of manipulation most unsatisfying. The guy is telling the story, he knows why he's doing what he's doing, there's no reason not to disclose.