THAT WEEKEND By Kara Thomas

Dani Young 

I received this book for free from Reviewer Purchase in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

THAT WEEKEND By Kara ThomasThat Weekend by Kara Thomas
Published by Delacorte Press on 6/29/21
Genres: Contemporary, Mystery & Detective, Thrillers, Young Adult
Pages: 324
Format: Ebook
Source: Reviewer Purchase
Buy on Amazon

THREE BEST FRIENDS, A LAKE HOUSE, A SECRET TRIP -- WHAT COULD GO WRONG?

It was supposed to be the perfect prom weekend getaway. But it's clear something terrible happened when Claire wakes up alone and bloodied on a hiking trail with no memory of the past forty-eight hours.

Now everyone wants answers--most of all, Claire. She remembers Friday night, but after that . . . nothing. And now Kat and Jesse--her best friends--are missing.

What happened on the mountain? And where are Kat and Jesse? Claire knows the answers are buried somewhere in her memory. But as she's learning, everyone has secrets--even her best friends. And she's pretty sure she's not going to like what she remembers.

Short and Sweet Review

Instead of going to prom, Claire and her two friends Jesse and Kat decide to go on a camping trip. When Claire wakes up she doesn’t remember the past two days and she doesn’t know where Jesse and Kat are. Everyone wants answers but Claire wants them the most and its hard with her memory loss, but the more she digs the more she realizes that her friends were hiding something.

The plot of the book is interesting but I just didn’t like the book as much as I thought I would. Claire wakes up with no memory of the past two days and now her friends are missing. Claire was obviously frustrated because she didn’t have any answers but she made dumb decisions like telling people things about the investigation and then wondered why she was being dragged on the news. I also didn’t like the time jumps we go from two days before the camping trip to the present then six months later and then we switch POVs and it goes to the past and then the present. I feel like the time jumping made the story seem like it was all over the place. I get Kat and Jesse’s reason for going camping in the first place and honestly Claire kind of sucked as a person because in the end she made it all about her.

I think my main issue with this book was Claire, I couldn’t connect with her at all and she was very self absorbed. This book was a definite miss for me.

Recommended Posts

SUCH A LUCKY GIRL By Wendy Heard

SHORT AND SWEET REVIEW Such a Lucky Girl combines influencer culture, toxic friendship, jealousy, and supernatural horror into a story that felt both timely and unsettling. The premise immediately caught my attention: Bella has transformed herself into a social media star through her brand of positivity and manifestation, while her former best friend Kerry is left […]

Dani Young 

BLUE BEACH By Karyn Parsons

Short and Sweet Review Blue Beach was a compelling blend of historical fiction and murder mystery that kept me invested from beginning to end. Set in 1929 Santa Monica, the story follows fifteen-year-old Blue Collins, whose family owns Blue Beach, a safe gathering place for Black families during segregation. When Blue and her friend Ben […]

Dani Young 

THE SPIRITUALISTS By Kristin O’Donnell Tubb

Short and Sweet Review The Spiritualists follows Stella, a teenage psychic living in early 1900s New York who survives by performing séances and tarot readings while struggling with the guilt and grief surrounding her sister’s death. When a mysterious boy named Pax invites her to join a secret group of mystics determined to uncover the […]

Dani Young