The Truth Commission by Susan Juby (2015)

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Much to the title’s suggestion, The Truth Commission focuses on the unexpected roller coaster three misfits take to explore the blunt truth of their reality. Belonging to Green Pastures, a prestigious art school in Vancouver, bestfriends Normandy, Dusk, and Neil are always expecting the weird, wonderful, and quirky, and their senior year presented that and more. Within minutes of starting their first day, Neil randomly decides to ask a student if they got plastic surgery over the summer, and immediately gets hooked on the ecstasy of knowing the truth. Not wanting to be left behind on this discovery, Dusk and Normandy joined Neil in his truth seeking adventure and created the Truth Commission. Together, they began picking through every mystery of their school, but leave the most important secret alone. Last year, Normandy’s sister Keira, a famous comic artist, came home from college without a word and disappears for days at a time. While seeking the truth was exhilarating at first, the three’s work turns dark when the secret of Keira turns into a full investigation the leads to something that will change their reality forever.
Going into this book, it’s safe to say I had high expectations, which were partly met. By far, the coolest thing about this book is the way it’s written. The story is literally the main characters, Normandy’s, school project, so it’s filled with lists, charts, drawings, and my favorite aspect, footnotes. Because of that, the writing is very understandable to anyone currently in highschool, and in my opinion, made Normandy incredibly relatable. However, like someone in high school, writing skills are still developing, so sometimes it went really off track or was written really choppy (which I assume was on purpose). Still, even though the writing style was great, I had a major problem with the plot in general. For the majority of the book, it doesn’t feel like anything is happening, and honestly, the “big secret” wasn’t that shocking. In general, I didn’t really care about what happened to the characters, and when I finished it I didn’t feel anything.
If you’re look for a light, funny read, this one’s for you.

3 Stars

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