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The Girls Are All So Nice Here by L.E. Flynn

13 reviews

depressionesque's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I have never read a book where I related to the characters less.  This is probably a good thing.  They're all petty, mean-spirited, ugly women determined to bite and gnash and claw out anything that will make them feel just a little less insecure.  They get what they deserve at the end, but the ending is also why I drop it from a five to a three.  It feels a bit like a Saw movie at the end--patting itself on the back for such a good and moral ending while ignoring the monstrosity that it's become.  Certainly not the worst I've ever read, it's fine, but it left a sour taste in my mouth.  I feel like I've been robbed of an actual comeuppance for the hideousness I've spent the last few days reading.  It feels cheap and tawdry, unsatisfying.

I was having a pretty good time up until that point though, so I wouldn't say don't read it.  Just--Maybe be prepared to bring a fix-it fic to the last ten pages or so.  It was so close to being great. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Infidelity, and Blood

Moderate: Violence, Murder, Mental illness, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, and Rape

Minor: Abortion and Vomit

moonpeach's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Violence

Moderate: Rape

hannahbethreads27's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Death, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Gore

Minor: Eating disorder

livxrose's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Suicide, Drug abuse, Drug use, Blood, Violence, and Rape

brooke1718's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

0.5

Hated the characters so much, waiting the whole time for them to be anything but awful. Plot was rough. Bad ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Suicide, Pregnancy, Violence, Toxic friendship, Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Rape, and Toxic relationship

mcsenne's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Rape, and Suicide

Moderate: Violence and Emotional abuse

sofismentallyill's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Rape

lauren_reads_outside's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book in the end the character development wasn't enough for me to care about anything in the book. The storyline was compelling but none of the characters had any feeling behind them.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Suicide, Gun violence, Violence, and Sexual content

haleea's review

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I swear, my brain is a scary place sometimes. It gloms on one bad thought and turns it into a flesh-eating virus. 

With two absolutely awful main characters, I really enjoyed this book from start to finish. I wish the “twists” were less obvious, but I still could not put it down and was very satisfied with the ending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Suicide, Drug use, Violence, Rape, and Bullying

bookishgoob's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.5

Before the ending, i was thinking this book was gonna be a 4-4.5 star read, but the ending fell so flat for me. 

I loved the exploration of toxic female friendships and the feeling that you’re competing with the group or person that you want to be friends with. The uncomfortable thought of “do i hate this person or do i love them? do i want to be friends? is this an enemy?” Mean girls come in so many different shells, and the fact that Amb couldn’t admit that she was mean is one of the biggest types of mean girls there is. The quote earlier in the book where sully tells amb “flora is a mean girl, she’s a bitch. at least i can own it” felt like a subtle stab at Amb, because amb did the same thing. she hid behind her moral high ground. destroying Flora and her relationships because Flora had something she want. She had to make flora the villain in her fantasy. </ I think it’s really a bad choice to have ambrosia go to jail and have Poppy basically take over her life. it didn’t feel like justice to me. It felt like just another generation of mean girls, where poppy is hiding behind her moral high ground of “she did this to my sister so i’ll do this to her” the last chapter made me angry. Killing off Sully and Kevin and having Amb go to jail made me feel like the author didn’t know really how she wanted to end the story. I also feel like killing Kevin was just Poppy’s way to get rid of him. He was an asshole, sure, but he didn’t have anything to do with Flora’s death. it was completely Sully and Amb. killing Kevin was a vendetta because she never liked him. getting rid of these characters was lazy and honestly boring. Also it wasn’t revealed or clear what actually happened to Flora. Did sully kill her?> 

I was invested in this story and the way the story was told. i’ve come to enjoy dual timelines because it adds so much depth to the story. I enjoyed the story, again, up until the last chapter. it’s a quick read so i do recommend it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body shaming, Dysphoria, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Infidelity, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, Bullying, Car accident, Death, Murder, Pregnancy, Rape, Self harm, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness