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This Book Kills by Ravena Guron

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gabriellleest's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

3.75

Leuk boek. Erg mysterieus. Nniet echt heel goed geschreven, heel onduidelijk dat Jess het als het ware als dagboek had. Kwam amper terug.
Wel goed einde en leest gwn heerlijk weg

mary_books5's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

thaleiagreek's review against another edition

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adventurous mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

xxeviex's review against another edition

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3.0

what a shocking turn of events! 👀

plot line: When Hugh Henry Van Boren, one of the most popular and richest kids in Jess Choudhary's school, is found dead, the student body is left reeling and wondering who the murderer could be... Jess, a student under strict instructions to keep her record clean or risk losing her scholarship, finds herself at the centre of the investigation when it's revealed that Hugh died in the exact same way as a character in a short story she wrote.

And then Jess receives an anonymous text thanking her for the inspiration.

With time running out, Jess knows if she doesn't solve this mystery she'll finally have something in common with Hugh Henry.

She'll be dead too.

my thoughts:
after having this book on my bookshelf for quite some time and it also being on my “24 books in 2024” challenge , I thought it was finally time that I read this!

whilst majority of this book had lots of shocking twists and turns , I couldn’t get past the amount of confusion I had due to the amount of characters this book had 🙃 (not to mention some of them didn’t need to be added because they had such little involvement with the plot)

unfortunately, I did guess the killer quite early on within the book so wasn’t caught “off guard” but was still intrigued to know how they were involved!

I think this book (in my opinion) is more targeted to younger readers and those who are new to this genre

overall , this book was good and had lots of interesting elements, I just think (for me) it needed some adjustments

tobetrue's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

beckeal's review against another edition

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3.0

This miiiight be a 3.5-star I’ve rather stodgily rounded down, but I stand by it. It had its moments … it felt kinda atmospheric which is always nice, and it did keep me guessing (although the standing suspicion I had throughout held true), but overall it just fell short. Characters were underdeveloped and by consequence, not as likeable as they could’ve/should’ve been, it was a bit sloppy in places (editors unite!), the pacing was odd (taking forever in some places and blowing through others in a sentence of two), and just not quite as clever as I expected/hoped. But as with most 3-stars, it kept me reading, which is something. It was fun. Not a waste of time if you’re in the mood for a teenaged mystery.