Title: Weekend
Author: Christopher Pike
Published Year: 1986
Pages: 230
Genre: Young Adult
Back when a Porsche cost $40,000 Pike wrote this book about guilt and accusation. A group of friends go to Mexico to stay in the Carlton Castle which their friend Robin has been living in since she drank poison at a party the year before where all that are going to Mexico were at. The poison caused her kidneys to fail and she has been living in the Carlton Castle which her father owns since she was released from the hospital. The weekend turns into a guessing game of who really poisoned her that fateful night and why that person did it. Each person is a subject as no one can remember exactly who was where and what they were doing at that party. As the story progresses, the group faces other challenges and messy situations that can only be overcome when the guilty party steps up and confesses.
As much as I love Christopher Pike's other books, I was kind of disappointed with the ending of this one. It just seemed to much of a "Happy Ending" and once I knew what was going to happen I had to convince myself to continue reading the rest of the novel. There just weren't enough surprises and shocking turns for me and some things when the book got done just seemed like they were not finished up.
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