The body in the woods

From the literal title and literal cover image, I should have seen this coming, but...meh. The mystery is obvious, the characters are flat, and there was some weird victim blaming happening too. And don't even get me started on its depiction of mental illness.

The only reason I'm bumping it up to a 2 is because I liked that the kids screw up multiple times on who they think the killer is, so they're at the very least not infallible geniuses. The lead detective chastises them by saying they keep "seeing one and one and adding it them up to eleven," and I love that. Of course, they end up being closer to the truth than he does, so.

Overall, it might benefit from some marketing changes and have it aimed toward a different audience, but it was definitely a 1.5/5 read for me.