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Dead End Girls by Wendy Heard

6 reviews

dark_matter_07's review against another edition

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

4.75

Geez this one was crazy, I’m really glad I picked it up. I knew I would like it since it’s the genre I typically read but wow. This author is really good. 
by the end when they were going to get caught I was feeling so tense and stressed

The characters are pretty good and I only had minor issues with them. I particularly liked Frankie. It was fairly predictable but that might just be me being good at figuring out the twists because of how much thriller/mystery media I consume. 
All in all this was a really good book where I only had minor issues with certain things!!!
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spaghettii's review

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adventurous dark emotional tense medium-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

3.75

Listened to the audio book and the narrator was great! I think Frankie's gender exploration was well written, and Maud was lovable but still had realistic flaws. 
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utopiastateofmind's review

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  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

(Disclaimer: I received this book from the publisher. This has not impacted my review which is unbiased and honest.) 

TW: assault, drugging

I don't even have that many notes for Dead End Girls because the entire time I was reading I was enthralled. I loved the sense of planning, the secretive glances, and the thrilling action. Seriously. If you love a good YA contemporary thriller with theft and plenty of running - you have to read Dead End Girls. The action alone will keep you unable to stop reading. But what I also loved was Maude's perspective. I loved how she's so good at planning, at lists, at the dreams of escape. But how one thing, specifically one person, can change it all.

How she really has to reconsider her dreams of the future. She was always set on going somewhere, but never really considered who she'd be when she left. Or who might come along with her? Dead End Girls is ultimately both about the secrets that we don't know about the people around us, and the ways it's important to open up. To not be stuck in our isolation. Because of that, the action propels you through and the characters end up keeping you grounded.
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anniereads221's review

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.0

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chippyreads's review against another edition

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

5.0

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foreverinastory's review

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dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Thank you to the publisher for an eARC in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

4.5/5

I feel like I have too many emotions after reading this, but like SOMEONE TELL ME THERE WILL BE A SEQUEL! This book is like dark academia, but summer camp cult version.

I have no idea how to summarize this book, but I think everyone needs to read it. This was so good. It was dark it certain aspects and I am so here for this bee cult!! I loved Mars and seeing them get close to the Honeys. There were so many interesting character relationships and I loved like every second of it. I also really loved how Mars describes his genderfluidity! While I am more in the complete agender side of things, the description just made so much sense and made me feel valid.

I basically marathon-ed this book because I was so invested and I had to know what happened immediately. So here am I no thoughts only vibes. But pick this book up when it comes out! You won't regret it!

Rep: white achillean genderfluid MC, white female side character with terminal cancer (dies in the first chapter), BIPOC lesbian female side character, white gay male side character, white questioning male side character.

CWs: Blood, bullying (current and past mentions), death, gaslighting, grief, homophobia/homomisia, injury/injury detail, misogyny, murder/attempted murder, sexism, sexual harassment, transphobia/transmisia, violence. Moderate: abandonment, cancer, death of parent, kidnapping, terminal illness. Brief: fire. 
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