The Body of Christopher Creed

Reader reviewed by wwegurl

I started reading this book, but i thought it was boring so i stopped. I guess thats just my opinion though, maybe it gets better as you go along. i read another book by carol plum-ucci called what happened to lani garver which was awesome.i would recommend that one instead of this one. theres another book by her too, called the she which i also started reading but i didn't think that one was good either.

Reader reviewed by bookworm9

Torey is looking back on an earlier high school experience when the class "loser," Christopher Creed, disappears. A long-time social outcast, Chris is now the topic on everyone's minds, since no one is quite sure whether he ran away or committed suicide. With no clues in sight, Torey himself becomes a prime suspect when his snooping and unusual interest in what happened drive him away from his friends and into a confrontation with Chris's parents. So what really did happen to Chris...?

This was an engaging book, and provided some interesting insight into the dynamics of friendship and "outcast-ness." The ending is ambiguous, but worthy.

Reader reviewed by Vedge

The Body of Christopher Creed is a breathtaking book about friendship and trust. It's an exciting and heartbreaking book, which catches the readers eye the moment you start reading it. It's an interesting book, and i would especially recommend it to teenagers. Throughout the whole book i think there wasn't a moment where i found the book boring. There is a tremendous amount of suspense and drama in the book, which causes the book to be even more interesting. I felt alot of sympathy for Torey, the main character, and found it hard to believe that even his childhood friends didn't believe him. Overall i loved this book!!

Reader reviewed by artemis

This book was okay. I didn't get parts and the ending caught me by surprise. I found myself flipping back to find the hidden clues within the story the leads to Chris' big secret. Turns out, he's not really dead. He's somewhere else. Well, I won't say any more than that, but it's very weird.

Reader reviewed by linda

The Body of Christopher Creed is about a murder that tore a town, a family, and a high school apart. Christopher was that geeky guy we all know, the one who doesnt seem to fit in and says the weirdest things at the wrong time. Who knew that Christopher had secrets, deep emotions, and friends who would go to great lengths to solve his disappearance? These friends are Torey Adams, Bo Richardson, and Bos girlfriend Ali. Torey Adams narrates the story from his point of view of living in Steepleton; he is a football star, has a popular girlfriend, friends, a nice car, and a good family. Chris was basically the opposite of that: unpopular, uncoordinated, and he had a mother who never let him have any social life. She kept him locked in his room, safe from the "bad" things, such as cliques, drugs, and alcohol.
In a small, close-knit town, Bo, the outsider boon is immediately suspected. At first Ali and Torey are just trying to clear Bos name but in the end Torey is on a life-long quest to understand Chris and his disappearance. They try to steal his diary but end up incriminating themselves and Torey begins to find himself distanced from his other friends by his growing understanding of the importance of compassion toward those who are different. No one is quite sure whether Chris is a runaway, a suicide, or a murder victim, but fingers start pointing at everyone except who they should really be pointing to: themselves. Everyone in the town had something to do with it, each placing a straw on the camels back, but one day the back broke and no one stepped up to acknowledge the slightest bit of guilt.

I loved this book and the many techniques Carol Plum-Ucci used in creating such a wonderful story. I liked how she built up her characters so that they were believable and she had me cheering for them in the end. I also think the way she put a story within a story was creative. She was able to masterfully heighten the suspense, though the book dragged a little in the beginning. It totally made up for it in the end when Torey was in the Indian Burial grounds searching for Christopher Creeds body. I really like the fact that she ended the book openly, so that you believe whatever you want to believe, not something she tells you. The ending was brilliant, especially the replies to the website Torey put up about Chris disappearance. They showed different perspectives and made me think about the book even more; if you have read the book youll know which reply I liked best.