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Cass McKenna much prefers ghosts over “breathers.” Ghosts are uncomplicated and dependable, and they know the dirt on everybody…and Cass loves dirt. She’s on a mission to expose the dirty secrets of the poseurs in her school.
But when the vice president of the student council discovers her secret, Cass’s whole scheme hangs in the balance. Tim wants her to help him contact his recently deceased mother, and Cass reluctantly agrees.
As Cass becomes increasingly entwined in Tim’s life, she’s surprised to realize he’s not so bad—and he needs help more desperately than anyone else suspects. Maybe it’s time to give the living another chance….
Crewe's debut novel, despite its paranormal twist, is realistic and honest in its portrayal of an angry, struggling teenage girl. Four years after her older sister, Paige, accidentally drowns, 16-year-old Cassandra is embittered by rejection from her peers and estrangement from her grieving parents. Cass doesn't really miss her sister, though, because Paige is haunting her—lovingly but unrelentingly. The sisters are closer than ever because no one else can see Paige, and no one else will talk to Cass. Cass uses her ability to speak with ghosts to ferret out ugly secrets about her classmates, earning her a reputation as a psychic freak. After popular student Tim approaches Cass with an uncanny request, however, she begins to rethink her vengeful motives. But bad habits can't be overcome in an instant, and walking a narrative mile in Cass's shoes will leave readers wincing (“I haven't liked anyone who wasn't dead for four years,” she tells Tim after his life takes an especially dark turn). This coming-of-age novel avoids unrealistically neat moments of closure—it will make readers hurt, and maybe even believe. Ages 14–up. (Sept.)
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Thomas Buckley
reviewed Give up the Ghost on October 14, 2017
Give up the Ghost
The dead, maybe because they have nothing to lose, are always honest.
Cass McKenna can see ghosts. She listens and talks to the souls of the dead who haven't yet moved on to the afterlife. Basically, she's a walking Ouija board. And she's so sick of people betraying her and walking out on her. Ever since Cass was suddenly given this power, she's been on a mission to dig up all the dirty secrets at her school, dead set on bringing every lier and backstabber to justice. But when the vice president of the student council Tim gets a bit too close to her own little secret, Cass's vigilante days may come to an end. As Cass tries to help Tim be at peace with his mother's recent death and stop him from making any decisions he may end up regretting, she realizes that she may need to give the living a second chance.
I liked how Cass and Tim didn't have a standard, cliché relationship -- there were a lot more than just a few speed bumps in their conversations. The characters, in general, had great development over the course of the book. I could really see how Cass, Tim and even secondary characters like Danielle grew through their experiences and became more mature.
One thing that actually really bothered me was how many times lists popped up in this book.
1. Exactly
2. Like
3. This
I'm thinking it happened at least four times. The first list was really clever because it made me feel like I was riffling through Cass's "mental files," but by the third time, I was wondering why Megan Crewe couldn't come up with another way of emphasizing Cass's thoughts. I know, I know -- it's a minor detail. But it seriously bothered me.
Also, the plot was just a bit too mundane and unexplained for me. I thought Cass's ability and how she used it to basically blackmail the whole school was really interesting. But whenever she was asked about the technicalities of ghosts or her power, she would just say it's because the dead make no sense... (BUT WHY?) And I felt like the plot wasn't deep enough or developed enough to really stand out. Tim's issues and all the school drama just wasn't enough.
Overall, Give Up the Ghost was a good book, just not great. 3.25
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