This was the best suspense I've read in quite a while! I was glued to this book from page one, and I read it every spare chance I had within the past week.

The book reminded me a lot of the Columbine Massacre and the movie "Homeroom", which was about another school shooting.

I really appreciated the pop-culture references throughout the book because it made for a fun read in addition to the suspense.

I was only slightly disappointed in the ending because I had expected something a little more clever to come out of it, however it was still an unexpected surprise.

I can't wait to share this book with others! Excellent read. :)

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Although I love all of Lippman's Tess Monaghan mysteries and have read all of her books, I have to say I think this was her best book ever, by far! It was really unexpected for me, to see this kind of story from her. It wasn't even so much about "the secret" or the mystery element of it, but just her writing was really, really well-done. Each of the characters - even those who had minor parts - had developed personalities and characteristics. Even if a character only spoke once or twice, you knew about them from the perspective of one or more of the other characters, and I was able to visualize them even. And boy does it ever grab hold of the angst of going to high school - without being overly melodramatic - and the true power of friendship.

I highly recommend it!!

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I rate this book 2 and 1/2 stars out of 5. It was a decent story but it was quite long-winded. Also, the ending was pretty anti-climactic. I was disappointed in how it all ended. I was hoping for something a little more exotic and exciting. Overall, it wasn't horrible but I probly won't recommend it.

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Outstanding!! I could not put it down.

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Excellent thriller about 3 teenage friends. They are involved in an elaborate shooting.

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I forced my way through this book. I wanted to find out what happened to the girls but the author introduced too many characters that weren't even necessary to the story. I tried a second book of hers but gave up. Once again too much unnecessary info.

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Three girls are in a school bathroom. Only one lives to tell about it. What happened between these girls who were once the best of friends? Is there more to the story than the survivor is saying?

A really good mystery that will have you questioning the motive as well as the characters involved.

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I listened to the audio version of the book and the reader was so boring I didn't think I could get throught the book. As far as the story itself, IMHO, I kept thinking that she was trying to write like Jodi Picoult and didn't come anywhere near it. Boring, boring and boring.

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Unexpected ending

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This is the first Laura Lippman book I have read that was not part of the Tess Monaghan series. It was a pretty entertaining work of suspense; Lippman spends a lot of time creating her characters.

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So far I am in the minority after reading this book. Perhaps having read Nineteen Minutes and The Pact by Jodi Picoult already makes me reaction to this book subjective, rather than objective. The latter books were riveting compared to "To the Power of Three" which I was in no hurry to finish (but I did).

Lippman writes well as far as plot and character development, but I felt this story wandered back and forth in time and between characters without accomplishing much. This is the same technique Picoult uses with ease.

Sorry, there just wasn't enough suspense for me and adding several subplots were more of a distraction than an improvement of the story.

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