Unmasked

Since Adam’s disappearance everything got worst new theories were created saying that Adam and Lucy had planned to run away but it wasn’t that. Everyone who Str-S-d wished to die, disappvared leaving no trace and eventually becoming missing for many days. Str-S-d now had a new request and this time it was Courtney’s turn.

A normal day, after Madison visited Courtney in the cafeteria she went to the stable to ride her horse Val. But before she could start, a rumbling noise was stalking Madison. Growing bigger and bigger until she end up being locked up in the stable. Luckily, the veterinarian hadn’t left and helped Madison get out of the stable of the angry horses. He called Madison’s dad who picked her up that night. When they arrived home, Madison’s mom was crying and was worried that she would the next girl to be kidnapped that’s why they called the detectives to investigate about who had been in the stable that night but there were no clues.

This picture represents how Maura must
have felt when more people knew about her blog.
Now she was vulnerable and dint had her blogger
mask anymore. 

One day, Madison arrived to her school but it was a little different this time because many vans of local news were installed outside of her school making her and her mother worried about the kidnaping situation. When she was finally able to trespass the news people, everyone was called to the auditorium for some assembly about the missing teens. Maura, who was actually Str-S-d, became more and more nervous because she thought that people will start blaming her for what had happened to Lucy and Adam, but no one did.

Now it was Courtney’s turn to disappear which eventually came true because one day she disappeared just like Lucy and Adam. Leaving her father, sister and Madison heartbroken because they had lost a daughter and a sister. 

I think that Strasser’s way of writing is a unique one because he is able to turn the situation creating more and more suspense. While I was reading I assumed that Str-S-d was the one who had Lucy and Adam but one blog post of her changed my mind, this one said:

“Something weird is going on. I wished Lucy would die, and r-then she disappeared. Then I wished Adam would die and I just heard he disappeared. It has to be a coincidence, right?” (Strasser 121).

After reading this I could believe that no one, not even the reader knows what happens to the missing characters in the book. There were so many plot turns in this book that made me realize that this is what makes a book interesting because the unexpected turns are what keeps the reader engaged to the story. 

This book has been really interesting since the beginning. There are any situations that makes one aware of the differences many of the characters in the book have, just like Madison and Courtney.

“Did you hear what happened?’ Courtney asked while I sat down. ‘A bunch of kids went to the office. Like, they all say they saw or talked to this guy? And it was always the same thing?’ I stared at her with my eyes wide open “So what?” (Strasser 130).

The quote above shows how opposites attract each other, even in friendships. This is because Courtney is a girl who likes to gossip and talk about other people while Madison likes to say away from them. I think that this type of situations are what makes a friendship interesting.

 This has been a book full of surprises and this few chapters haven’t been the exception. I look forward to continue reading this book because until now it has been a great book. I predict that in the future Madison will figure out that not all people should be trusted and will also learn to value more the people who have always cared about her because who knows, they might disappear too.