While her prose is contemporary and fresh, it’s also full of beautiful phrases, descriptions, and emotions that even with all the technology references I can see how Message Not Found will be a timeless classic in its own right. A YA book that openly confronts grief, friendship, the idea of betrayal, and AI? Just those aspects makes it a little wild, maybe slightly unhinged, but with some Dante Magic it all comes together to create a beautiful book.ĭante Medema brings Bailey to life in a way that I think truly cements how literature has changed for the better. Message Not Found by Dante Medema is hands down one of the top reads for 2022, and it is absolutely worthy of your time and attention. Teens will gobble up this fast-paced novel.“It’s not the secrets that matter when people we love die, but the memories we keep in our heart.” -Dante Medema, Message Not Found This compelling puzzle of a story, filled with engrossing twists and turns, is written in alternating prose and text message formats. That is, until the bot starts dropping hints that there was more going on with Vanessa than Bailey realized-a secret so big, it may have contributed to Vanessa’s death. The more data she uploads to the bot, the more it feels like she’s really talking to her best friend. To help grieve her loss, Bailey creates a chat bot of Vanessa using years’ worth of their shared text messages and emails. Now Bailey, who thought she knew Vanessa better than anyone in the world, is left with a million unanswered questions, and the only person with answers is gone. But that all changed the night Vanessa left Bailey’s, headed for home, and ended up swerving off a cliff nowhere near her house. An emotionally complex portrayal of secrets, loss, and grief from Dante Medema, Indies Introduce author of the Indie Next Pick title The Truth Project.īailey and Vanessa shared everything: laughter, secrets, and packets of Pop Rocks to ward off bad days.
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