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 Roswell (Roz) Hart has macular degeneration - an eye disease which causes black spots to take over her vision, thus creating blind spots; leaving the world in fragments. 
 Not only does Roz have to struggle with her disease, she also struggles in her family life - with an absent father and a mother who is more concerned with going out than noticing her daughter is struggling. School is also a problem for Roz. She's recently been put into a Special Education class. Roz doesn't think she needs to be in this class; she doesn't have a disability, and she is sure Mr. Dellian, the teacher, is out to get her. 
 On top of this, Roz becomes involved with the most popular guy at school - Jonathan, a drug addict with some major mental instabilities - Tricia, and Greg - an old friend recently come back to town. 
 Roz struggles with her school and social life until things finally come to a head. Tricia goes missing. Roz was seen fighting with her at a party prior to her disappearance. Roz doesn't remember a thing about that night. She sees bits and fragments, but nothing more. What happened? Was she involved? Where is Tricia? 
 Roz, with the help of her friends, must put the pieces together. 
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 The number one reason I picked up this book was because Roz has macular degeneration. This disease runs in my family, therefore I was interested to read a story involving someone with this lesser-known disease. The plot seemed interesting enough, and I went into it with pretty high expectations. 
 **Definite spoilers ahead!** 
 Dislikes: 
 The pace. The second half of the book was fantastic in terms of pace, but the first half? Not so fantastic. I didn't like how the author jumped around from timeline to timeline, mixing things all up. It was disorienting and made me have to go back and re-read a few things. I became lost a few times and was so frustrated that I ended up putting the book aside for a bit. 
 The characters weren't likable. This baffles me. First there's Dellian, a prick of a teacher who has a questionable relationship with Tricia. Then there's Jonathan, an arrogant, cheating jerk who thinks he is king of the world. Then we have Heather, a supposed friend of Roz's who ends up doing something a friend would NEVER do. There's Greg, our second love interest, who is petty and overly jealous. Tricia is a drug addict who will do ANYTHING for a fix, including prostitute herself out. And of course there is Roz herself. Roz, our protagonist... who we should actually like. Right? She turns out to be a user, a liar, and a vindictive person. The only person you should like is Missy - and she is painted in a terrible light throughout the entire book until close to the very end. Very uncool. 
 There is this piece of the story where the police become involved in a sort of sting operation. They want to catch the suspect they have in a confession. They make someone pose as Tricia to scare the killer, then they wire Roz up and send her out alone with 'em! There is no way real police would go with this plan. It was absolutely unrealistic and ridiculous. And, in the end, we never really find out who killed Tricia, if anyone. What a jip! 
 Likes: 
 The mystery. The author did a very amazing job at keeping me on my toes. I kept thinking I knew who the murderer was, but a few pages later she'd toss out a fact that wasn't cohesive to what I was thinking. It was very brilliant to engage the reader this way. It kept me glued to the pages. I finished the second half of the book in just a few hours. 
 There was a love triangle... sort of. Everyone was dating everyone, I swear. lol But I enjoyed the situation between Roz/Greg/Heather. I always like a bit of angsty drama in my YA novels. Who doesn't? ;) I really appreciated that the author didn't make the romance aspect too cliched. I was afraid Roz and Greg would never work things out! 
 The back-stabbing. While it all made me hate the characters, it was fun. I mean, this book is a whole clusterfuck of people screwing each other over! I am truly a sucker for betrayal. It always adds an element to the story that sucks me right in. Blind Spot was nothing BUT betrayal in all it's forms. The author did a great job of weaving multiple plot lines together. 
 Overall, this book was an okay read. It was interesting and suspenseful once you get past the first half. The characters are not very likeable, but they are well developed, and there is a good mixture of personalities in this book. The murder mystery is done in an unexpected way and will keep you glued to the pages in the last half. It's a unique idea that maybe fell a little short. I recommend this book if you like angsty reads with a dark side, or murder mysteries with a twist. 
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 Book source: NetGalley 
 Publisher: Harcourt Children's Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt