Soooo .. this book is written in first person and told by a girl named Morgan. Morgans life is horrible and something terrible happens which makes things worse.
Morgan is a seventeen year old girl whose life is anything but perfect. Her mum meets a man 20 years younger then her and decides to run off to Vegas to get married. Meanwhile, Morgans older brother is addicted to drugs and hasn't been seen in a very long time.
Morgan hates her life but then she finds out that her best friend Jason commits suicide. This comes as a total shock, not only to Morgan, but to many people . Jason's life is completely different from Morgans. His family is 'normal', he has two older siblings that have gone to university and he has a strong faith in God (Morgan, on the other hand, turned away from God when her life started going down hill).
Losing her best friend, the person that was there for her, the person that listened to her problems and helped her out, had taken his own life and left her alone. Morgan wonders why he would do such a thing when his life 'seemed' perfect. She tries to piece together clues that might explain her friend's suicide. Morgan, and other friends, decide to make a 'suicidal pact' to join Jason, wherever he is.
After everyone finding out about this pact, Morgan turns 'back' to God, with the help of some friends and family. Students from her school hear about this 'pact' and want to join. This becomes a huge problem for Morgan, she started this 'pact' and feels like it is her responsibility to end it.
Then one day Morgan finds out the truth about what happened on the night of Jason's suicide.
This book is about a girl who faces a tragedy in her life and the thing that helps her out of this is family, friends and God, the three things in life we can always count on. I know that sometimes life can feel like its getting nowhere and it might as well end, but you should never end a life, yours or anyone else. This book helped me understand the pain felt after losing someone close to you and ways to overcome it. Out of 10 ...... maybe 6/10 . Was good but not exciting. Would recommend to those 13 and over.
A thoughtful, balanced review. This sounds like a book that is dealing with some heavy issues, so it is good that you have signalled that in the reiew - not everyone wants (or should, for that matter) be reading about issues like suicide. And not all books are "exciting" - I don't suppose you would choose to write about suicide if you were trying to write an exciting book, would you? Clearly the author has a different purpose here, so lack of excitement isn't really important (unless it is so boring that you don't stay engaged, of course!)
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