This book is going to stay with me for a long time. It's the kind of story you want to discuss with as many people as possible and that you can't stop thinking about. A very sensitive and thought-provoking exploration of difficult themes, featuring relateable characters and a narrative it's difficult to put down.

Things which particularly stood out for me:
- The main cluster of characters. All of them represented different high-school tropes, but they had depth to them e.g the intersectionality of Tad's mixed race heritage and struggles with recently coming out as gay. Rashid's story was particularly heart-breaking for me and his interactions with Tad were some of my favourite in the book.
- The identity of the bomber was possible to guess and their reasons made sense in a twisted kind of way, which made the ending all the more heartbreaking, especially when juxtaposed with all the destruction which had happened in the school.
- The ending. Everything wasn't all magically solved when the bomber was found and the teenagers' problems didn't just go away. That did leave me wanting more (especially about Frankie and the relationship between Diana and Tim), but it felt more realistic and honest as a response to what had happened.

Definitely the book to read if you want an exploration of society and schools' responses to the threat of terror attacks, not to mention the darker side of high school and growing up.

A bomb has gone off in a high school, and the bomber is inside. Is it the Muslim, the gay kid, the football player, the angry misfit, the senator's daughter, or the suicidal girl? Time Bomb is a high octane race of a book, and honestly I found it very confusing after a while. The whole book takes place over the course of an afternoon and there is SO MUCH ACTION. From the outset you know that the bomber is one of the main characters, but since each of them has a reason to do it, you don't know who until it's revealed. A thriller about the judgements we make and how small actions can change history, Time Bomb isn't going to change the world, but it would certainly be a good read for a young adult who has enjoyed the Maze Runner or the Maximum Ride series.

Unable to access pdf at this time. Would love to read if a different version becomes available

Unfortunately I can only read mobile for Kindle or Kindle app on my tablet.