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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
I loved this book. It kept me guessing until the end. I read it in one day. I’m reading her latest book now. I think she’s fantastic.
Un bon 3.5, surtout pour les révélations de fin et le fait que celle-ci soit loin d'être toute rose. Le reste du livre n'a pas révolutionné le genre mais ça reste une lecture sympa avec une bonne fin !
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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:
No
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advance e-galley.
Full disclosure: YA mysteries miss more often than they hit for me. I still read them because I have a large faction of students that love them, but they seem to follow a formula of 1. crime, 2. a string of bad decisions, 3. someone did it. It’s not my favorite.
Sometimes, books surprise me. This was not one of those books. The first 70% of the book is narrated by the character of Claire, only for another POV to be introduced at that point. It’s clumsy and it doesn’t work. Speaking of clumsy, this book’s handling of tough issues wasn’t very good... it felt like they were there for shock value. Also, I see what the author was trying to do there with the icky ex-boyfriend’s last name. Yeah, puns like that don’t work in realistic fiction. It sounds unrealistic.
This was not my favorite.
Full disclosure: YA mysteries miss more often than they hit for me. I still read them because I have a large faction of students that love them, but they seem to follow a formula of 1. crime, 2. a string of bad decisions, 3. someone did it. It’s not my favorite.
Sometimes, books surprise me. This was not one of those books. The first 70% of the book is narrated by the character of Claire, only for another POV to be introduced at that point. It’s clumsy and it doesn’t work. Speaking of clumsy, this book’s handling of tough issues wasn’t very good... it felt like they were there for shock value. Also, I see what the author was trying to do there with the icky ex-boyfriend’s last name. Yeah, puns like that don’t work in realistic fiction. It sounds unrealistic.
This was not my favorite.
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Blood
Moderate: Child abuse