Name: Meme
ISBN: 9780735231924

Aaron Starmer

"Cole Weston--former friend, former boyfriend--was becoming erratic, dangerous. Something had to be done. Getting rid of Cole is practically a public service. So high school seniors Holly Morse, Grayson Hobbs, Logan Bailey, and Meeka Miller devise a plan: kill Cole. Bury him in the woods behind Meeka's house along with four old cell phones, wiped except for their video confession--insurance that no one will ever betray the group. And it seems like they've gotten away with it. Until the meme appears--a screenshot from their confession. The confession that's supposed to be buried with Cole forever, deep in the cold Vermont dirt."--Jacket.

Meme

Samantha Bass

I received an ARC from Penguin Teen through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. 

For starters, I loved the way we're brought into this book. The alternating days leading up to, during, and after Cole's murder was a great way to not only introduce the reader to what's happening, but build the suspense and paranoia surrounding these characters. Honestly, after that introduction, I was prepped to sit down and binge the entire book. I only ended up reading about 15% the first go around, but the next day I had some spare time and decided to knock out the other 85% in one go. 

I think that's the best way to read this book.

This is a binge worthy book as you're swung from point of view to point of view, each person experiencing different feelings and thoughts on this murder. And as we lead up to the end, even I didn't see it coming. One thing I did have an issue with is the ending was al little too open for me. I wanted clarity on one aspect and we don't get it. We're just meant to interpret that idea for ourselves, which could have gone one of two ways as I see it. Either way, I loved this book and I could reread it again. Look between the lines we're given to see if I could have figured it out sooner. 

If you're looking for an intense murder/thriller, you've found your next favorite book! This is definitely one of mine now.

Joleen

Thanks to Netgalley & Penguin Teen for allowing me to read this book.
3 stars

Meme by Aaron Stramer sounded like my kind of book. YA thriller/murder mystery, I mean that’s one of my favorite kinds of reads! 

And while the start of the book was great, the concept of the story was very interesting. The whole meme aspect was exciting. But I sorta lost interest in the middle of the book. I had high hopes that the story would pick back up by the end, but I just didn’t care for the characters or the story.

This had so much potential to be a great thriller but the characters were just so unlikeable. And while I don’t like to spoil things, I will say the ending was unsatisfying in so many ways.

Katie

I don't read many thrillers so I didn't really have any expectations; I mostly just had to pick it up because of its name, "Meme." It wasn't a terrible story, I just found myself really disappointed in the ending as everything was wrapped up very quickly and conveniently at the end... and (minus one or two things) all was told instead of shown. This is also a book told from different characters' points of view, but their voices all blended together.

Meme

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