"Admission"

by Travis Thrasher, 2006, 284p, rating=1

What a disappointment.  It started out mysteriously enough to keep the pages turning but after awhile the see-sawing from 1994 to 2005 got irritating.  Tell me what happened on that bloody night already!!  I kept turning the pages because eventually it would tell me and hoped it was a good one.  Nope! 

No real depth to the characters and what's with the title?  Yes, it was set in a university but really no link to what the author wanted to signify "admission" to in the book. 

Here's the book's trailer:

"Jake River has it all.  One last semester of college. A close-knit group of friends.  The love of his life he's nearly won over.  A promising future almost here.  Until something unspeakable happens and his life, and the lives of his friends, are changed forever.  Eleven years later, Jake is finally given a chance to renew friendships, to rekindle a lost love, and to come to grips with the dark legacy of his college career."