Getting Away with it

by Anne Cassidy

It was an accident, a joyride gone wrong, Mark didn't mean to leave Katie to die after the crash. And the police can't prove he had anything to do with it, so he's gotten away with it, right? Wrong...

Genres: Crime, Romance, Young Adult, Psychology, Grief, Family, Fiction

96 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2009

Reviews

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book

[Sarah Elizabeth · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was basically a short story, written in a big font 🙄 Totally not worth the price tag.
* Mark annoyed me. He broke so many laws #1 - He stole a van. 2# - Drove without license or insurance or anything. #3 - Didn't make sure his passenger was wearing her seatbelt. #4 - Had an accident, which he believed killed his passenger, which he didn't report. #5 - Left the scene of the crime. #6 - Made up a fake alibi, to hide what he had done 🤦 He basically didn't give a shit about anyone else at all. He only cared about himself.
* It was awful that Katie wasn't even dead! He could have saved her life if he'd just called for an ambulance!
* The ending to this also pissed me off. I hate non-concrete endings 😠 Sure he looked at the policeman's card before driving off, but based on the rest of the book, I'm not so sure that he wouldn't bin that, and go and buy doughnuts or something. Eejit.

[Eve L-A Witherington · Rating 4 out of 5]

When Mark and Katie go out it changes their lives forever, as Katie takes the brunt of the accident Mark becomes haunted by her constant presence and soon realises he can't get away with not being punished for the accident...



All about facing your fear, owning your grief and appreciating life while you have it this is a poignant book and made a great quick read.

[Jane Bell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for teenagers. 👍
A pageturner of a mini novel.
Focus on the themes of relationships, disappointment, fitting in, decision making and consequences - All which are aspects, which many teens will appreciate.

Certainly one I will teach n reread with classes.
Will encourage good discussions n writing.

[Rhiannon Dillon · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m always on the lookout for books pitched at older teenagers with reading difficulties and this fits the bill well. It raises some good discussion points for classroom learning, has a gripping plot and the text and layout of this edition is dyslexia-friendly.

[Miloo · Rating 5 out of 5]

💚🧡Boken var både spännande och väldigt verklighetstrogen.
Tempot i boken höll i sig och boken gick bara inte att avsluta eller lägga undan.
Detta är en riktigt välskriven bladvändare
sidorna flyger fram med spänningen på topp.
Jag kan inte annat än att ge
Full Pott
❤️😱❤️😱❤️ av 5st💚🧡

[Cherelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

brilliant quick read! this book drew me in and i thoroughly enjoyed reading it

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Atmospheric and pacy. Great book for reluctant readers or those who want to get into short stories.

[Andreas · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a good enough book, but surely they should've been able to deduct that he drove the car due to fingerprints on the steering wheel etc (and possibly even dna and footprints)?

[Rosie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read. 13+

[Michaela Mckernan · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found the protagonist whiny which is clearly the point! Overall an ok read.

[MK · Rating 2 out of 5]

A cautionary tale of what happens when you don't tell the truth from the start.

[Rants and Bants · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was…so short lol. I like Anne Cassidy as an author, she’s done some great work. But this was not her best. It felt really incomplete, like it was just the Sparknotes version of the story rather than the book itself. It was very much a summary. I couldn’t get into the characters, but unlike the problem I tend to have with a lot of other books where that’s the case, it wasn’t because I hated them, or because the writing was obnoxiously over-descriptive. Rather, it was the complete opposite—there was barely any description at all. Yeah, there might’ve been a sentence or two saying that his girlfriend had a cascade of silvery blonde hair, or that the police officer was red-headed. But otherwise, I couldn’t picture or feel much of anything. It was like someone relaying the story to me orally. I didn’t know how to picture things, what the setting was like in much of it…where was the imagination? Cassidy sure has it, from other books she’s written. But in here, it was more like a script than a book. The ending was also extremely rushed…just when things start to get interesting, it ends. Done. Blank pages. What?? What about seeing what happens to him? What about seeing the full outcome? It’s like getting to the climax in a TV show, and then the power goes out. This is why the book was under 100 pages, it was like she didn’t really try…and I’m really not trying to be insulting, but that’s the best way I can put it. It seems really hard to make something that short. I know I always underestimate how long a scene I plan on writing will actually be. At best, this seems like one of those short stories assigned to students in Health class to teach them a basic moral.

[Marite Juul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mark og kjæresten Katie mister siste buss hjem. Det er langt å gå og iskaldt. Mark som kan mye om biler, tjuvlåner en bil så de kan komme seg hjem. Et rådyr i veien gjør at Mark må foreta en unnamanøver, han mister kontrollen over bilen, som kjører av veien. Da Mark kommer til seg selv, er ikke Katie lenger i bilen. Han finner henne flere meter unna. Hun har blitt kastet gjennom frontruta, og Mark kan ikke skjønne annet enn at hun er død. Han varsler hverken ambulanse eller politi, men satser på at han kan slippe unna det han har gjort. Det viser seg å ikke være lett.
Enkel og spennende historie.

[Any Length · Rating 1 out of 5]

At best a novella. And not a too gripping one. I felt right through the book as if my high school literature teacher was about to ask me some questions about the moral of the story, and where I thought the boy was driving to in the end. Not really an adult story.

[Em · Rating 4 out of 5]

I normally love Anne Cassidy's writing but this wasn't as good as any of her other books. The ending was a bit abrupt and it seemed like there was so much left unfinished. Did he ever get arrested? How did the ginger police officer know?

[Tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a rather good, but extremely short read, good if you have time to kill in a library or are learning english.

[Dqvidgar · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book

[Erin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was a reely gud book and helped me start getting into reading loads more than I used to I like the story of it too

[Tove · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was probably the worst thing I've ever read. Hated the main character. HE. WAS. SO. ANNOYING. Like the only thing he thought about was the car he wanted for his birthday??

[Eloise Smith]

In three words: Thrilling. Chilling. Dark.