Reviews

Dirt Town by Hayley Scrivenor

booksadoodle's review against another edition

3.0

This is a story of a small-town girl in Australia who goes missing after school, and all the twists and turns of small-town people during the investigation of what happened. This has a lot of character development in learning about all the people/players in the town, which I like. You really get a good feel for each person and their lives/motives/involvement. However, I did feel that this was a bit of a slow burn for me, and it took me a bit to get through it. While I loved all the build-up and development, I felt that the story took a bit too long to get to the crux. I would have liked it to be more suspenseful and a faster pace.

raspberrythriller's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

shelvesofsamantha's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.5

mormooo's review against another edition

reflective sad 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

4.0

mariafhager's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.75

roseawall's review against another edition

5.0

I won an advanced uncorrected proof copy via Dymocks. I couldn’t put this down. It was well written and very good for a debut novel.

christineasi's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

spess's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

kersknowe's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense 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

4.0

linneaandspybat's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.5