The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

The book that I was reading is The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle Hodkin. The book is in a trilogy, The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, The Evolution of Mara Dyer, and The Retribution of Mara Dyer. It is a fast pace physiological and paranormal novel. The general theme of this book is don’t judge someone on how they act, but it is a more mix of themes. Mara wants to be a normal teenager, but she think she’s going crazy.

Mara Dyer was in a coma after a building had collapsed on her. Her and her friends were in an abandoned asylum, she only survived. When she woke up and was allowed to go back home her and her family moved to get away, to Florida specifically. Mara went to a new school made a friend Jamie, and a slight romantic interest, Noah. She started seeing things though, mainly her dead friends. “ I wasn’t going to admit that I thought I saw my classroom fall apart the second I walked in it. Or that my dead friends reappeared today, courtesy of my PTSD” (Hodkin 45).

I loved the book because it’s physiological and thrilling and at some parts it’s confusing and I love that sense of is this part real or not. The author really wanted you to feel the sense of what is happening and what is real. She portrayed that very well. The target audience of this is probably teens and young adults. People should read this book if you’re into thrillers, I can never find a book I like but this book is amazing. I suggest that people read this book and the other books in this trilogy.

Book Review by Korryn C.