the small crimes of tiffany templeton by Richard Fifield

Thirty-fourth book of 2020

Reading period: Apr 20th 2020 – May 1st 2020

Summary

Tiffany Templeton is tough. She dresses exclusively in black, buys leather jackets that are several sizes too big, and never backs down from a fight. She’s known in her tiny Montana town as Tough Tiff, and after her shoplifting arrest and a stint in a reform school, the nickname is here to stay.

But when she comes back home, Tiffany may not be the same old Tough Tiff that everybody remembers. Her life is different now: her mother keeps her on an even shorter leash than before, she meets with a probation officer once a month, and she’s still grieving her father’s recent death. 

As Tiffany navigates her new life and learns who she wants to be, she must also contend with an overbearing best friend, the geriatric cast of a high-maintenance drama production, her first boyfriend, and a town full of eccentric neighbors–not to mention a dark secret she’s been keeping about why the ex-football coach left town.

Rating

Review

I don’t know what to think of this book.

In the beginning, I just bought it cause of the cover which is stunning. Then, I wanted to read it so much, even if I didn’t know anything about the story, so I didn’t have any expectation about it.

I think that it’s not a book for me, too character-driven for me. I like when a story is character-driven but not too much, especially if I dislike most of them.

However, I have a great time reading it. I was so engrossed to it that it was kind of hard to put it down. Mainly, when you have the letters, Tiffany writes to her probation agent.

I know that a lot of people will love this book, and I will recommend it to people I know.

Liz.