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Las porristas by Kara Thomas

30 reviews

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas was filled with heavy topics I wasn’t expecting when I first started the book, but I feel like it handled the topics it took on well. None of the issues it addressed felt overwhelming or overblown, it withheld information in a way that made these topics more digestible and allowed the characters to grow from them at their own paces. Speaking of pacing, I thought that this book was well paced and moved easily through the story. I was nervous there were a lot of moving parts, but I think it was handled pretty well overall. There were a few loose ends that I felt didn’t get fully resolved, but they were small compared to the bigger picture. Overall, this YA mystery was really entertaining and is definitely worth adding to your TBR.

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jackieyvette's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

3.25

This book started out good, the story building was well done and the main character got fleshed out very quickly, but then it kind of fizzled out pretty quickly in the last 1/3 of the book. I feel like the ending was an easy out seeing as they built almost every character as shady boots, but there was very obviously one who was THEE worst.

Brandon was a bad guy from the very beginning when we found out he was 27 hooking up/impregnated a high school girl. So, all you reviewers saying "I knew he gave a weird vibe/there was something strange about him from the beginning", uh yeah I sure hope you did seeing as the book opens with him being a PEDOPHILE!

It's also pretty obvious that the stepdad, Tom, needs to be fired immediately for not doing his job correctly AT ALL THE ENTIRE BOOK! He also gave volcano vibes, like he was one bad thing away from totally exploding. And he's a cop. Enough said.

And lastly, slay Ginny.

Crying score: Heavy topics so yeah.

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tgamese's review against another edition

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medium-paced

3.0

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emwhite95's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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ebony1ouise's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-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

4.5

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savreads28's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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racheldallaire's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious medium-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

4.0

Overall, I liked it. I was interested to see how it would end. I was pretty sure I knew who did it before the "reveal", but it wasn't overly obvious. I didn't figure out how everything fit together, however, and that kept me reading and wondering until the end. I loved the character development of Monica and her relationship building with Ginny.

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