Book Review - Crash Into Me by Albert Borris

Owen. Frank. Audrey. Jin-Ae. Four teens that would not know each other if not for the one thing they have in common, the one thing they've all tried to do, the one thing that's bringing them together for a road trip across the country. Their common interest: ending their own lives. Brought together online by their sad and honest confessions, they set off on a road trip one summer to visit the resting places of celebrities who've committed suicide: Anne Sexton, Kurt Cobain, Ernest Hemingway, and more. Their final, final destination: Death Valley.

Narrated by Owen, whose depression stems from his older brother's death when he was just a kid, this is an exhilarating road trip novel that is hard to put down. Poignant, intensely sad, and amazingly revelatory, it's a book you won't soon forget.

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(four out of five stars)

RIYL: Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why, Ellen Hopkins' books