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Jun 14, 2015trilogieslover rated this title 2.5 out of 5 stars
Kippy Bushman, sixteen, young and restless. Restless to find her friend’s murderer. When Ruth Fried, Kippy’s best friend is murdered in a corn field, strung up and stuffed like a scarecrow, she couldn’t bear to think what psycho did this. But in a small town called Friendship, nobody knows what to do. Friendship is a special place. Everyone is nice and sweet. Everyone knows everyone- at least that’s how they act. In a peaceful town where people don’t even lock their doors, how could predict such awful thing happen to a bright teenager? When the police decide that Ruth’s rebel boyfriend, Colt, killed her, all Kippy can do is moan for her loss. Suddenly, getting her hands on Ruth’s secret diary from Ruth’s mother and convinced that Colt is not the killer, Kippy goes on an adventure around town, trying to find the real killer. With the help of Davey, Ruth’s brother, they investigate possible suspects for a variety of reasons. Kippy gets help from numerous people: her genius neighbour\friend Ralph and her previous support group and leader. Throughout time, she makes a list of characteristics this murder must have. With the stupid police hot on her trail for messing with the now-closed investigation, Kippy could be closer to the killer than she thought. This isn’t the only time that Kippy has lost someone she loved. She lost her mother to serious psychotic problems and Ralph’s parents, who treated her like their own daughter when her father was still moaning about her mother’s death. Could this be all of Kippy’s vivid imagination? Or is the killer so close, it’s unimaginable? Kathleen Hale’s No One Can Have You is a good book. The twisting plot keeps you guessing. In the end, the killer turns out to be someone you wouldn’t expect it to be. Though, it’s a good ending, it could be predictable. I would’ve figured out the killer if I got into the book, which I didn’t. This book didn’t grab me at all, I didn’t have to push myself through it, but I thought it could’ve been better. I took my time reading the book, unlike some awesome page turners. The book was pretty slow throughout the storyline. It did start to increase the pace after a little while, but it just wasn’t really there. I did love the creativity put into the book and the interesting way the author thought the main character would find the killer. I also loved how the author chose to make Kippy either, insane from the deaths she’s lived with, or completely sane because of the complexity of her tragic life. I found this book well-written and interesting with a few minor problems.