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They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman

31 reviews

heyitsseph's review

adventurous emotional mysterious tense 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? Yes

5.0

I loved how the author wrote the whole story . The book it’s about an elite / exclusive group where they get chose from freshman year to become THE PLAYERS from senior class. One of the main characters Shelia was killed everyone think her boyfriend did it . Jill wants to make her senior the best this year will be different, as they try to move on from Shells death.  Now that jill and her friends are seniors . Jill wants  to to find out who killed her best friend . Jill had to go through a lot to find out actually killed Sheila. It was a shocking surprise it emotional. Imagine find out who killed your best friend was someone close to you. You never even knew it. There is little bit a spicy and romance in the book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Confinement, Alcohol, Blood, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Child death, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Body horror, and Child death

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

If you like to read a mystery/thriller book with mix of romance , and some shocking clues then this is the book for you. I enjoyed reading this book.

fallenstarr's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Strong character development? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Misogyny, Death, Sexism, Bullying, Toxic relationship, and Murder

Moderate: Classism, Sexual harassment, Confinement, Sexual content, and Sexual assault

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

jodine's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Alcohol

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Classism, and Sexism

the_true_monroe's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

Decent read- the first half was super slow for me but the 2nd half was captivating. This can be shown by how even though I read this book over 20 days, the last 50% were all in one day! It was pretty predictable but despite the outcome not being a shocker, I still felt all of the tension as things came into place. I also did not really like most of the characters but some who I really disliked for the majority of the book did get to me near the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Classism, Confinement, Grief, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Racism, and Self harm

maggie_hamel's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, Death, Alcohol, Medical content, Grief, and Drug use

lindsayerin's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Murder, Grief, Child death, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Drug abuse and Adult/minor relationship

jillkaarlela's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

This was an interesting YA murder mystery about a rich private school and a secret society,  called “the players”, that gets away with anything.  But, when one of the players is killed by another, everything is messed up. everyone accepts that the boyfriend did it, because the boyfriend always does it, right? Jill isn’t so sure anymore. How far would some of these students go to keep their advantage and their secrets hidden? 

I thought this was pretty interesting and gripping. I don’t think it was the best Jessica Goodman book, I think “The Councilors” was better, but it was still good! I think this is a good one to check out if you’re fans of authors like Karen M. McManus! They have a similar writing style and mystery type. They both have a way of creating such a complex and vast range of characters, particularly in high school, as well as high school social clubs or hierarchies that are very vivid and intriguing. I think I do prefer McManus, but Goodman is still good. I did kinda expect/predict a few of the plot twists, but it was still entertaining! 

I would say please be aware of the trigger warnings, this does deal with a corrupt high school party group, so there is a lot of drinking and hazing type of rituals. Other trigger warnings include attempted SA, adult/minor relationships, borderline stalking behavior, and s*xual content. As well as, you know, murder. 

Age rating: 14+ (language, one brief spicy scene, it’s not vivid as much as assumed what is happening)

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Sexual content, Stalking, and Sexual assault

itkimby's review

dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Cursing, Grief, and Bullying

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

the_teen_bookworm's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Child death, and Blood

Minor: Adult/minor relationship and Grief

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Grief, Murder, Sexual content, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Vomit, Violence, and Drug use

Moderate: Sexual violence and Adult/minor relationship