The story isn't that clear. Is the story about Carrie who seems to be the main character, or is the story about The Understudy, who drives the story forward? It wasn't very clear to me what Carrie wanted, she didn't seem to grow or develop much, the character just does not arc. The story is also not very believable. One week at a musical summer camp isn't enough time to rehearse and put on a show to the level that the character Mr. Sylus describes. Carrie is homeschooled but knows Tristan without any explanation. Tristan dies and none of the other kids parents show up to take their kids home, the police change their mind on whether or not to close down the camp with no logical or legal reason why. It doesn't seem believable to me that a few teenagers would go blindly into the night trying to catch a killer, and it's also hard to believe that no adults would be interested in catching the killer either. Two more kids die and the killer is caught but not arrested, he just goes to the hospital and is allowed to go home and recover from his wounds as if he was a victim too? There's no way that someone who committed a double homicide would be allowed to go home free. The only goal that the campers seemed to have was just to make the week of camp nice and special, there are no stakes. What happens if camp gets shut down? What happens if the week is as special as they want it to be? Who cares? There's almost a Phantom of the Opera-like theme to this story that I really enjoyed, I wish that the characters and their goals were expressed, more prominent, and more urgent. The camp setting is iconic and very fun, it's a really rich environment that has a ton of capabilities for story-telling. I didn't like how quickly we jumped into the characters, or the lack of description given to them. The characters just show up, with no real purpose, and really they suffer no real consequences (except for the 2 that die). I didn't understand the scene between Mr. Sylus and Ms. Nancy and why they hook up. It seems superfluous and awkward. The dialogue needs a lot of work. Every character sounds the same, there are no affectations, there's no slang, and they don't sound like real people. The character's voice and speech should be as unique as their appearance. The killer gets to go free, that ending doesn't sit well. The killer goes free for no reason, and there's no investigation, no consequences for killing two people, no resolution. The ending needs major work.