The theme of Shooter by Caroline Pignat is developed through suspense and the characters coming to talk about their problems. In Shooter, suspense is built through the story of high school students trapped in the boy’s bathroom during a school shooting by introducing small details about much deeper issue without going into the full problems and their backstories.
To begin with, all characters in Shooter have issues, some with scholarships and parents, and social issues. The teens with issues drives the story by introducing the problems and when death isn’t imminent, the protagonist can take about their issues. “Despite the ending, I’m still glad our stories mixed like a crossover series . . . other characters