When We Were Monsters

Graffam was lauded with awards and accolades around the world for her account of her best friend’s murder and her personal crusade to put the killer behind bars. The student body is, for the most part—present company excluded—comprised of the offspring of the very rich and the highly accomplished who can afford to send them anywhere but choose to send them here, to the woods of northeastern Massachusetts. And then he commits every depraved act he can think of, getting away with literal murder as that portrait grows more and more grotesque, a reflection of his wicked soul. Just in case.” She pulls another bunch of brushes out of her overalls and drops all but one into the water.