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The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

joyleigh81's review against another edition

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emotional informative mysterious reflective tense

4.0

pegjip's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.0

caw281's review against another edition

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

3.5

patuso's review against another edition

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3.0

Las hijas perdidas es una historia de un asesinato centrada en un viejo internado de chicas y con toques paranormales.
Todo pintaba bien en este argumento, y me ha gustado... Pero también es cierto que me esperaba algo más.

Los momentos paranormales me han gustado y me han mantenido alerta. Eran un poco los típicos: ráfagas de aire, susurros, puertas que se cierran, mensajes en espejos empanyados, ... En cualquier caso, estaban bien descritos y han sido los que más he disfrutado, aunque pienso que se podrían haber explotado más.

La historia de las chicas también me ha gustado, también creo que tenía más potencial.
En mi opinión la diferente personalidad de las chicas estaba muy bien reflejada. Me he imaginado sentada con ellas en la habitación del internado, estaba tan bien descrito que me he podido imaginar sus caras, sus gestos, ...

La historia de Fiona me ha gustado menos, y lo he encontrado muy repetitivo en algunos puntos: cuando explicaba una y otra vez por qué el padre de Fiona es una leyenda, y una y otra vez el por qué la gente del pueblo trataba diferente a Fiona...

También es cierto que si hubiera explotado más todas las partes, igual hubiera salido una trilogía de aquí xD pero bueno, me ha dejado un poco a medias.

nobutseriouslywhat's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced

3.5

luluhasnolife's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.75

Sorry English isn’t my first language 
So I apologize in advance 

It is incredible, I stayed all night reading this book. They are some heavy topics in this book but they are never full on detailed about it, I would keep this in mind if you are easily triggered about the tags warned…because those are the main one that are briefly discussed. 

Another thing I want to point out in my rating about diversity, this book has characters with incredibly different backgrounds and personalities it’s magnificent but all of them are white if I recall, that’s why I put it’s complicated. It makes sense that they are all white but still. 

Now positive!

I love how they brought actual historical events into this book, it made it feel more realistic 

The whole ghost thing without spoilers is so juicy and sad at the same time. It keep me on my toes ngl, my dog moved and I would get startled 


Some books can’t don’t time skips and changing pov but this author does an incredible job at it this. 

The way there’s always sudden hints and foreshadowing in this book ties everything up in a beautiful bow

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reading_binosaur's review

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4.0

"... that was what books did, they turned off your thinking for you. Put their thoughts in your head so you wouldn't have your own."

rosemwood's review against another edition

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5.0

This was a little scary for me but I loved it. A haunting, an old abandoned boarding school, murder, mysterious past, tragedy, a group of girls, secerts exposed all told in a gothic undertone. What more does it need. Told in both student and adult narrative. In a dual timeline between 1950 and 2014.

hlflosser's review against another edition

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4.0

As I anticipated another great read

hannah_gallagher's review against another edition

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5.0

lovely affirmation of women’s right (and wrong) to stay angry forever about what happened to them from the ages of 15-19, myself included