rantings of a single girl

At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape.

A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices--those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved in the scandal--that details the ways in which lives can be derailed or destroyed in one foolish moment.

Writing with a pace and intensity surpassing even her own greatest work, Anita Shreve delivers in Testimony a gripping emotional drama with the impact of a thriller. No one more compellinglyexplores the dark impulses that sway the lives of seeming innocents, the needs and fears that drive ordinary men and women into intolerable dilemmas, and the ways in which our best intentions can lead to our worst transgressions.

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This wasn't a bad read. It certainly hit a good topic: teenage drinking. The book goes from perspective to perspective of different people involved in a sex scandal resulting in a night of teenage drinking. I probably would have given this book 4 or 4.5 stars had it not been so complex to read. Shreve introduces us to many, many characters and the reader has to try to keep with all of them as each chapter jumps from person to person. I actually had to back up several times to remind myself how certain characters played into the story. Other than the multiple characters in this book, it is worth reading.