Review: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin
This is the first book of a trilogy about a young girl NOT named Mara Dyer. It states in the beginning of the book that this is a false name, taken on the advice of a lawyer. Why this is necessary does not really become clear to me in this book, so I have to assume it will be explained in the next ones. The intro does say that it is because she reveals that she is responsible for “the murders”, but she doesn’t reveal anything to anyone but the reader in this book. Anyhow, this book is about a girl, Mara, who wakes up in the hospital after an accident where her friends died. She doesn’t remember anything about the accident, but she has nightmares and hallucinations and suggests to her family that they move away from all the memories. She then starts over in a new school, having to deal with hallucinations and mental breakdowns on top of trying to make friends. She does make one friend on her own, Jamie, but he disappears unceremoniously in the middle of the book. She meets an...