Thursday, December 13, 2007

Killing Britney, by Sean Olin

I am almost done with this mystery, but so far, I have had trouble putting it down. It is extremely interesting and has definitely caught my attention.
Britney Johnson is the main character of the novel. At the beginning of her high school career, she was a total "freak and geek" kind of person. But after her mother's death, she somehow transformed herself to becoming one of the most popular girls in school, otherwise known as "the hockey wives", since her and her four friends all date popular athletes of the hockey team. Though she now lives a life of reputation and fame, her world changes when tragedy strikes everything she touches. First, it was her mother, who died by drowning on a family rafting trip a few years ago. Now, death is haunting her again. Ricky, her super-star, hockey-playing boyfriend, is killed in a hit and run. Then, a Johnson family friend is murdered. Next, her best friend Melissa's life is taken away. Britney begins to feel that she is responsible for the deaths of all of her friends, realizing that all their deaths are related and that she is going to be next. But who would be so jealous of her fabulous life that they would want to take her life?
I am very eager to see how the book ends. Having read more than half of this book, I am left with three possible suspects of who I think the killer is. My first guess is Bobby Plumley, the ex-friend of Britney who is absolutely in love with her, and infuriated with her new popularity. Then there's Mr. Ed Johnson, Britney's father, whose shotgun was found in the closest of one of the victims, which can easily connect him. Lastly is Adam Saft, Mr. Johnson's friend's child. Ed took him in a little while ago, and ever since he has arrived, tragedy has struck.
This book is extremely interesting. I would definitely recommend this book to those who enjoy a mystery. :]

2 comments:

booya22 said...

Hey Brittanie, well this book sounds really interesting. I saw how you could barely put the book down and that just made me want to put my book down and read yours. I love books that are full of suspense, but there are a few questions that I want to ask you. Out of your three suspects is there one that you feel could definitely be the killer? And if it is her dad what reason would he have to kill her mother and her friends? Why would her dad be jealous of her life even before it all changed? Well, I'm probably going to borrow the book from you because I'm really interested in finding out the ending too!

Anonymous said...

wow! this book seems asthough it would be great. i think brittney is probably going to go insane and maybe she will die.. but i will never know unitl i read it. i think i will most definitely have to gp and grab this one from the book store. i am still wondering how she managed to get back to regular life after her mother died, better yet a "better" life so to speak, interesting.