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Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

64 reviews

chanlo1994's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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saraavowlerr's review

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adventurous dark mysterious slow-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

1.75

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kellyb1989's review

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adventurous dark tense
  • Loveable characters? No

3.5

Pretty easy to read, though might be graphic for some. A little twisty, with a lot of tension building throughout.
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danajoy's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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katlynann's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

this book was so promising i’m so so sad 😭 i loved the atmosphere set up and i really cared about the characters throughout the whole thing

this suffered from the pretty little liars effect why are you introducing someone halfway through and telling me he’s bad and weird and scary
there was only once i was a little worried about him but it was so quickly resolved give me tension from the people i already cared so much about


like these people had such deep backstories which could lead them to do anything out of grief and terror

probably 90% of the way through something real happened that wasn’t them just like sitting down and drinking on the island

wtf was the shack in the woods???? wtf was this mysterious person who lived on the island??? i’ll never know


the island makes you crazy??? HOW !!! are you seeing things? are you having more violent thoughts throughout the day??? or are you just letting me know

it just didn’t follow through things would be revealed and i was like “ok”
jake and eliza have drugs!! okay?? these people brought enough bottles of wine for you all to drink 5 a day and you’re shocked they have MARIJUANA????


the ending did make me gasp a bit where was that throughout it all?? the story is built in the “before” segments of the book and nothing happens in the current day

i kept waiting but like all of the reveal at the end besides one part didn’t even matter because it was nothing they were just words they made me feel nothing!!

big spoiler: 
LIKE WHAT WAS AMMA Trying TO TELL LUX WHEN THEY WERE DROWNING TOGETHER? WHY DID SHE LIE TO BRITTNEY??? WHAT DID BRITTNEY DO SO AMMA WOULD TELL EVERYONE THEY KNEW ELIZA


still 2.75 because the backstories were great, there was some hints of good foreshadowing, the setting was fun, and i loved Lux, Britt, Amma, and Eliza (Nico was an ass from page 5)
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anne_reader's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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greatexpectations77's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I liked this story and really any one where the girlies fight back. I liked how the story all came together, and I was really interested in the fictional island. Lux is a wild name for a character, though haha
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elzibub's review

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • 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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lauren_shilling's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

This was a very solidly average thriller, but that's not necessarily said in a bad way! It was a lot of fun and I moved through it very quickly. Like I said, it was just a lot of fun, but nothing about it blew me away like some other thrillers. This was exactly what I was looking for it to be when I picked it up. It was just a fun time that didn't take me long to get through, and I really enjoyed it! Check trigger warnings, but overall it was just super fun and enjoyable, and I would definitely recommend it for anyone just looking to enjoy themselves reading a thriller!
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j_squaredd's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

The first 50-60% of the book was so not thrilling. Redeemed by the last third where all the bits that make this a thriller actually live.
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