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Call this a 3.5, but I'm rounding down. The great part is that it holds your attention and flies by. Well done! I will not provide any spoilers. The part I had trouble with was how increasingly unrealistic the story became, not because of motives or twists but because of how EASY some elements, especially toward the end, seemed to be pulled off. Worst of all was an almost criminally bad job on the part of police officers holding people in custody and investigating crimes. No WAY would a lot of the things that happen have happened in any criminal justice system bigger than Mayberry's. A particularly naive police officer arrives toward the end, a coffee shop suddenly became a 24-hour venue (really?) and I found myself feeling like the author was straining way too hard on the strings of reality, to make the story fall into place. Similarly, there are situations of timing, conveniently inaccessible cell phones, and one eye-rolling "band emergency" that just didn't feel realistic, even more so than a good guy and son of a police officer not questioning some of the things Michael doesn't question. And does the author realize that a drive from southern to northern California would likely take half a day?

I apologize if this comes across as nit-picky. It's just that, with a subject as serious as school shootings and mental illness, the crumbling verisimilitude frustrated me. If you don't have that problem, you may well enjoy the heck out of this book.


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Damage Done Amanda Panitch Books Reviews

This book kept me intrigued the whole time not quite sure I like the ending? Maybe a sequel is in the making
I'd give this a solid "OK". It was a page turner towards the beginning, and Panitch drops little hints here and there that make the twist of the book start to become a little more clear, but overall I was able to guess where the story was going. Predicable but pleasant.
What a great book. I can't say I figured everything out but there were clues. Fast paced, kept me reading!
Very dark & crafty. While I figured out what was up halfway thru I would not have guessed the details I will certainty read another from this author
This is a great, totally compelling thriller. I figured out where it was going pretty quickly but it's such a rewarding read anyway that it didn't matter. I couldn't put it down for anything.
This book was an excellent yet creepy story. Several times I thought I knew what was going on but was wrong, which is always great in a book. It's one of those books where you don't realize until the end that the authors has left you a breadcrumb trail all along.
Grade A

DAMAGE DONE is the kind of book you want to read on a snowbound dark and stormy night, when you're all alone without power, with only your backlight or a flashlight to keep you company. The first line of Poe's The Raven, once upon a midnight dreary kept popping into my head, because DAMAGE DONE is that creepy-good.

Last year Lucy Black lived in a different town and had a different name. She had a twin brother, a boyfriend and a best friend. 22 minutes and 11 bodies changed all that. Nobody knows Lucy is actually Julia Vann, whose brother shot up the band room at her school. But, they're about to find out,

I could tell from the first page that Lucy/Julia would not be a reliable narrator, a literary device I don't usually enjoy, but debut writer Amanda Pantich had me hooked from the beginning, wondering hoe much I could trust Lucy's POV. I didn't know if she was paranoid, hallucinating or overly anxious due to PTSD. She had issues, for sure, but who wouldn't. Lucy wouldn't or couldn't let anyone in, not her new best friend or the cute guy who seems smitten.

Interspersed between Lucy's narration were personal case notes from Ryan's psychologist, beginning at age 10. The psychologist had an abnormal obsession with the young boy, certain he could cure Ryan of his Oppositional Defiant Disorder (a precursor to Antisocial Personality Disorder aka sociopath). The psychologist has clear issues.

I love Pantich's crisp, creepy prose, her characters and the plot and I can't wait for her sophomore book release next year. DAMAGE DONE would be a great book for her to sequel (hint hint).

THEMES school violence, murder, family, siblings, twins, friendship, mental illness
Call this a 3.5, but I'm rounding down. The great part is that it holds your attention and flies by. Well done! I will not provide any spoilers. The part I had trouble with was how increasingly unrealistic the story became, not because of motives or twists but because of how EASY some elements, especially toward the end, seemed to be pulled off. Worst of all was an almost criminally bad job on the part of police officers holding people in custody and investigating crimes. No WAY would a lot of the things that happen have happened in any criminal justice system bigger than Mayberry's. A particularly naive police officer arrives toward the end, a coffee shop suddenly became a 24-hour venue (really?) and I found myself feeling like the author was straining way too hard on the strings of reality, to make the story fall into place. Similarly, there are situations of timing, conveniently inaccessible cell phones, and one eye-rolling "band emergency" that just didn't feel realistic, even more so than a good guy and son of a police officer not questioning some of the things Michael doesn't question. And does the author realize that a drive from southern to northern California would likely take half a day?

I apologize if this comes across as nit-picky. It's just that, with a subject as serious as school shootings and mental illness, the crumbling verisimilitude frustrated me. If you don't have that problem, you may well enjoy the heck out of this book.