As the start of a murder mystery, Extracurricular Activities sets up all the expected elements. Watson arrives at a school where there's a fair number of ruffians in it but it harbors much darker secrets than your basic thugs. Her death threatens all of that and it sends some of those who can suffer the most into a panic as to how to cover it up. What the book didn't do was really establish who all everyone is outside of Watson. The lack of showing what other people are key here on the staff and student level keeps everything at a distance. Watson comes across well and the maintenance man with his little drug ring has some potential, but when it gets close to the end and reveals the potential killer, it's a bit out of left field because of the lack of setting establishment. I like the overall ideas in here and I find myself wanting to know more about Isabel Watson, but it didn't completely captivate me because of what it failed to do. Read Full Review
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