Book Title: Shooter (Standalone) Author: Caroline Pignat Number of pages: 342
Synopsis:
A lockdown catches five grade 12 students by surprise and throws them together in the only unlocked room on that empty third floor wing: the boys’ washroom. They sit in silence, judging each other by what they see, by the stories they’ve heard over the years. Stuck here with them–could anything be worse?
(re: Goodreads @ Shooter by Caroline Pignat)
Should this book be picked up? the tl;dr review:
– If you’re interested in a school shooting book, go forth. It is also Canadian Literature (CanLit) so there’s that.
– Multi-POV narration with different storytelling formats (e.g. prose, images, text messages, homework reports, just to name a few). The shooter does not have a POV.
– A sleuth of derogatory and prejudicial treatment in comments that’s introduced and shot down by another narrator (this is wonderful).
– The scenario as a whole can be difficult to engage as characters from different social circles are thrown together and come to easily mesh with each other under the hour of conflict.
– Unnecessary romance (instalove tier) that isn’t really value added
Initial Thoughts
Much better than the previous school shooting standalone I read earlier this year in This Is Where It Ends.
Disclaimer: I received an ARC of Shooter from Goodreads re First Reads giveaway program.
thoughts and afterthoughts. 