Young Adult Mystery
Before the Sunrise
A gripping YA mystery about friendship, courage, and the choices that define us
by Melisande Corlett
Member reviews
Ingrid Halvorsen Verified member
Oslo, NO · 2026-05-17
Sharper than the blurb suggests
I've been recommending it to everyone who asks what I'm reading. The emotional turns are earned rather than engineered. A slightly tighter edit in the second act would have made it perfect. I'll be rereading this one.
Yusuf Demirtaş Verified member
Edinburgh, UK · 2026-05-13
Slow to start, impossible to put down
Our host recommended this one and I'm grateful she did. Structurally it's clever without being showy, and the payoff lands cleanly. I've already gifted a copy.
Elias Thornbury
Port Harcourt, NG · 2026-05-09
A confident, controlled voice
I read the first chapter standing in my kitchen and never sat down. The research is deep but worn lightly — it never stalls the momentum. It has earned a permanent shelf spot.
Delphine Rousseau Verified member
Madrid, ES · 2026-05-05
A comfort read with real teeth
Three of us read it together and compared notes chapter by chapter. The emotional turns are earned rather than engineered. It does take fifty pages to settle into its rhythm. A strong recommendation from me.
Priya Raghunathan Verified member
Utrecht, NL · 2026-05-01
Tender and unsentimental at once
I've been recommending it to everyone who asks what I'm reading. Structurally it's clever without being showy, and the payoff lands cleanly. A slightly tighter edit in the second act would have made it perfect. I'll be rereading this one.
Kwame Boateng Verified member
Durban, ZA · 2026-04-27
Genuinely moving in the final act
Our host recommended this one and I'm grateful she did. The research is deep but worn lightly — it never stalls the momentum. I've already gifted a copy.
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Beatrice Calloway
Toronto, CA
My favourite section is the middle third, where the author finally lets the tension off the leash.
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Grace Sutherland
Bengaluru, IN
The structure looked gimmicky on paper, but by the halfway mark I understood exactly why the author built it that way.
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Marcus Bellweather
Nairobi, KE
Is the audiobook narration worth it, or is the print edition the better experience?
Julian Mbeki
I'd say sixteen and up is fine. There's nothing graphic, just some emotionally heavy ground.
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Naomi Farrell
Abuja, NG
My favourite section is the middle third, where the author finally lets the tension off the leash.
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Rafael Montoya
Cape Town, ZA
The structure looked gimmicky on paper, but by the halfway mark I understood exactly why the author built it that way.
Priya Raghunathan
Same experience here. The first fifty pages are slow, then it clicks completely.
Chidi Nwachukwu
Our host built the whole discussion around chapter nine. It carried a full ninety minutes.
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Clara Vandermeer
Ibadan, NG
Is there a content note anyone can share? I'd like to know what to expect before recommending it to my group.
Kwame Boateng
I did the audiobook and the narration is excellent, though the print edition has a few visual touches worth seeing.
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Amara Okafor
Manchester, UK
My favourite section is the middle third, where the author finally lets the tension off the leash.
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Chidi Nwachukwu
Oslo, NO
The structure looked gimmicky on paper, but by the halfway mark I understood exactly why the author built it that way.
