For Your Own Good
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INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER"Witty and macabre."--Caroline Kepnes
"Slick and chilling."--Megan Miranda "A perfect summer book."--NPR USA Today bestselling author Samantha Downing is back with her latest sneaky thriller set at a prestigious private school--complete with interfering parents, overeager students, and one teacher who just wants to teach them all a lesson... Teddy Crutcher has won Teacher of the Year at the elite Belmont Academy, home to the best and brightest. He says his wife couldn't be more proud--though no one has seen her in a while. Teddy really can't be bothered with a few mysterious deaths on campus that are looking more and more like murder, or with the student digging a little too deep into Teddy's personal life. His main focus is pushing these kids to their full academic potential. All he wants is for his colleagues--and the endlessly meddlesome parents--to stay out of his way. If not, well, they'll get what they deserve. It's really too bad that sometimes excellence comes at such a high cost.
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3.75 stars!
This is a book that 100% does not take itself seriously. It’s just full of murder and a plot full of twists and turns. It’s definitely not like a “normal” mystery/thriller, and stuff happens that I definitely was not expecting until the very last page. People died whom I was not expecting, and Teddy kept getting away with everything and I was just like !!!
I normally would not like an abrupt ending, but I actually quite liked this one...read more
This is a book that 100% does not take itself seriously. It’s just full of murder and a plot full of twists and turns. It’s definitely not like a “normal” mystery/thriller, and stuff happens that I definitely was not expecting until the very last page. People died whom I was not expecting, and Teddy kept getting away with everything and I was just like !!!
I normally would not like an abrupt ending, but I actually quite liked this one...read more
Bestselling author Samantha Downing sets For Your Own Good at a high school and bases the story on experiences with which everyone can relate -- the "pressure and confusion" of being a teenager.
Teddy Crutcher has finally achieved his goal. He has been named Teacher of the Year at Belmont Academy, the exclusive and prestigious private school from which he, unlike many other faculty members, did not graduate. Teddy is dedicated to his profession a...read more
Teddy Crutcher has finally achieved his goal. He has been named Teacher of the Year at Belmont Academy, the exclusive and prestigious private school from which he, unlike many other faculty members, did not graduate. Teddy is dedicated to his profession a...read more
Interesting storyline, not the best characters. I enjoyed how fast-paced it was since some parts felt either reparative or like they were dragging on.
i liked it! i think the push and pull between characters was well played out. fast paced, and the back and forth between 'i think this person did it' and that person thinks someone else did it made for a good story line. and i liked how it ended. i just think its easily forgettable?.. but was enjoyable to read! i'd recommend it for sure
Seemed kind of juvenile, both in language and character...a few amusing twists, but too long getting to them
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