I don’t know much about Bobby Rupp and his connection to Nancy Clutter, so my interest in this book was really piqued. No Saints in Kansas by Amy Brashear is a book that, I have to admit, I was really excited for. It really disappointed me as I was reading, just how ridiculous Carly’s character is. However, the behaviours Carly exhibits are impetuous and not well-planned. It is almost as though her character is trying to take on a Nancy Drew role in the novel. Unfortunately, Carly is such a whiny, and unrealistic character that she just makes no sense at all. ❀ Whiny and Unrealistic Main CharacterĬarly is a fictional character that Brashear has created to be the teen voice for No Saints in Kansas. There are many random inclusions of characters as well, such as JFK, which just seems to add more confusion for the reader. For example, there is an odd section in the book that details the slaughtering of an animal, which has no real connection to any of the facts or the plot. Many of the details surrounding the actual crime are included in this reimagined story, however there are many strange additions to this narrative that are unnecessary and at times disturbing. No Saints in Kansas is an historical fiction that is a poor attempt to retell Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood in a young adult voice. Review: No Saints in Kansas by Amy Brashear This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. ❃ I received this book for free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. Now Carly must fight for what she knows is right. When her father is appointed to defend the killers of the Clutter family, the entire town labels the Flemings as traitors. But that’s nothing compared to the wrath she faces from Holcomb once the real perpetrators are caught. Now that Bobby is an outsider, too, they’re bound closer than ever.ĭetermined to clear Bobby’s name, Carly dives into the murder investigation and ends up in trouble with the local authorities. Carly and Bobby were the only ones who saw that Nancy was always performing, and that she was cracking under the pressure of being Holcomb’s golden girl. She tutored Nancy, and (in private, at least) they were close. New Yorker Carly Fleming, new to the small Midwestern town, is an outsider. Suspicion falls on Nancy Clutter’s boyfriend, Bobby Rupp, the last one to see them alive. November is usually quiet in Holcomb, Kansas, but in 1959, the town is shattered by the quadruple murder of the Clutter family. A gripping reimagining of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood and the brutal murders that inspired it
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