I'm a pretty avid reader. Keep in mind I'm fairly young person, so most of the books I read are angled at those in the teens and early twenties. On to the review...
You by Charles Benoit
'You' is a novel intended for teenagers by Charles Benoit, the first he's written of this kind. The book begins with one of my favorite techniques, in which it begins with the ending of the story, or at least an event further on, and then works it's way back to the beginning before continuing forward. The book is written in the second person, and the main character is Kyle Chase, a sophomore in high school who's made some bad choices. The entire book basically revolves around choices, which helps make it very believable that you could be this poor kid who's screwed up at a few key places in life. Once you get into the book, it drives forward before dumping you into the ending(and a slight cliffhanger). There are a couple issues. The 2nd person, while unique and effective, does take a few chapters to get into, and most of the characters(besides Kyle himself) don't appear very fleshed out. Zach, the antagonist, is kind of annoying until the final pages, so you'll be hating him, but for the wrong reasons. I'd still definitely recommend this book. It's a shame the kids that could most identify with books like this will probably never read this.
Characters: 7/10
Plot: 8/10
Concept: 9/10
Delivery: 8/10
Overall(not an average): 8.5/10
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