Reviews - The Broken Girls

5.12k reviews for:

The Broken Girls

Simone St. James

4.03 AVERAGE

jnhamm's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

candih's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

cybergoths's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

meghansarchiveofbooks's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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: N/A

5 plus star read for me, the broken girls by Simone st James was my first book by this author. The 2014 main characters are Jamie and Fiona. He’s a cop and she’s a journalist
but in this thriller their feeling for each other are obvious. Fiona’s family has struggled with lost, while Jaime wanted to be like who he thought he father was when he was little. Secrets, twists and cases are the focus of this thriller. Specifically three cases from three different time frames, 1907ish, 1950 then 1994. Simone St. James writes an exceptional character driven narrative. To find out the twists and how it all reaches a conclusion one must pick up the book. I highly recommend The Broken girls by Simone St. James.

justine12388's review against another edition

3.5

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mias888's review against another edition

4.0

Wow, just wow. Not my usual preference but it was a great book! Kept me guessing and tied things up- I hate stories that end horribly or end on cliffhangers leaving the reader to imagine the ending- this was not that at all and loved that!

jaded618's review against another edition

4.0

My first book by Simone St James and I was not dissapointed!
This book has two timelines: 1950 Idlewild Hall girls school and the mysterious things that happen surrounding 4 friends and the dissapearance that changes them. And the same town in 2014 where reporter Fiona Sheridan, after hearing of the recent renovation to the forgotten school; starts investigating and finds more questions than answers.

The two different crimes and timelines in this story work so well together! I like the small but significant things mentioned that bring more intrique to the story, but they didn't take over as a main point.

Awesome ending!!