I received this via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

This book started off great, and I enjoyed the beginning a lot. The writing was smart and witty, and I kept trying to copy certain phrases and send them to my friends lol. Ellie is a great character and narrator, and I didn't have a problem reading from her point of view (something I do struggle with a lot if the character is boring/annoying). I liked her relationship with her mum, it was sweet and I liked that her mum was an actual parent. Her friendship with Naomi is great, even though I wish we had more interactions between the two of them. But while the book started off strong, it fell flat after the first fifty pages or so, and only slightly picked up again towards the end.

The title of the book is pretty much the plot, we follow Ellie from the moment of her death, and relive the moments leading up to it, as well as the week after it.

Spoiler

Except it is a total cop out, because she isn't actually dead. Great. This is the most frustrating part of the book. It is implied that she was saved by Sarah, but if that was the case, why was Ellie "dead" for the whole week?

I guessed who the culprit was, but only towards the end, so it wasn't glaringly obvious. But it did feel rushed and not well thought out at all. A lot of the characters and their relationships with each other were not explored properly, even though there was more than enough time to do it, and there was a whole lot of unnecessary high school drama.

This book could have been improved by cutting out huge chunks in the middle, explaining the murderer's motives better and keeping

Spoiler

Ellie dead