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rachelray2000's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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? Yes
4.0
thechroniclesofv's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Wanted to know what happened storyline wise, but couldn't truly connect to any of the characters. Not only were they not likeable, they also felt v disconnected and unrealistic imo
ashgross01's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide and Bullying
j_tracksbooks's review against another edition
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? Yes
2.0
gabbrielle's review against another edition
4.0
This was a crazy good story. Super scandalous and extremely troubling, but it was enjoyable to read. It’s like you think you know what’s happening but then something happens and everything changes.
mayflowergirl74's review against another edition
2.0
Really well written, but I hated that ending! Sometimes it’s okay to root for a bad girl.
thepagelady's review against another edition
3.0
A lot has changed in the years since Ambrosia Wellington graduated from college, and she’s worked hard to create a new life for herself. But then an invitation to her ten-year reunion arrives in the mail, along with an anonymous note that reads
“We need to talk about what we did that night.”
It seems that the secrets of Ambrosia’s past—and the people she thought she’d left there—aren’t as buried as she’d believed. Amb can’t stop fixating on what she did or who she did it with: larger-than-life Sloane “Sully” Sullivan, Amb’s former best friend, who could make anyone do anything.
At the reunion, Amb and Sully receive increasingly menacing messages, and it becomes clear that they’re being pursued by someone who wants more than just the truth of what happened that first semester. This person wants revenge for what they did and the damage they caused—the extent of which Amb is only now fully understanding. And it was all because of the game they played to get a boy who belonged to someone else, and the girl who paid the price.
Thank you, Goodreads and Simon and Schuster for the chance to read The Girls Are All So Nice Here!
“{We have to stick to the same story}”
{“I wanted to run, but she wasn’t done moving her pawns}”
I just finished reading this last night and let me just say WOW! This book was dark and disturbing. I’m wondering if I am just as bad or if I have a lose screw {well yeah, I probably do!} because I liked this book. I mean liked it so much that once I started to read it, I couldn’t stop. This book is full of betrayal, lies, relationships, friendship, manipulation, some seriously twisted mind games, and oh so dark and deadly secrets.
“{Our reign was short and bloody. What came after it was worse.}”
Talk about mean girls getting some karma later in life. With Ambrosia you will probably feel everything under the sun when it comes to her. She is one of the mean girls. How mean you'll have to read to figure it out. But then everything that starts to happen you almost feel bad. For the most part she has basically lived a dull life to try and stay off the radar. Then there is Sloane she is just MEAN. And last but not least you have flora and she is the exact opposite of Sloane. The dark and the light The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn was a good dark fast twisted read. Happy reading everyone!
“We need to talk about what we did that night.”
It seems that the secrets of Ambrosia’s past—and the people she thought she’d left there—aren’t as buried as she’d believed. Amb can’t stop fixating on what she did or who she did it with: larger-than-life Sloane “Sully” Sullivan, Amb’s former best friend, who could make anyone do anything.
At the reunion, Amb and Sully receive increasingly menacing messages, and it becomes clear that they’re being pursued by someone who wants more than just the truth of what happened that first semester. This person wants revenge for what they did and the damage they caused—the extent of which Amb is only now fully understanding. And it was all because of the game they played to get a boy who belonged to someone else, and the girl who paid the price.
Thank you, Goodreads and Simon and Schuster for the chance to read The Girls Are All So Nice Here!
“{We have to stick to the same story}”
{“I wanted to run, but she wasn’t done moving her pawns}”
I just finished reading this last night and let me just say WOW! This book was dark and disturbing. I’m wondering if I am just as bad or if I have a lose screw {well yeah, I probably do!} because I liked this book. I mean liked it so much that once I started to read it, I couldn’t stop. This book is full of betrayal, lies, relationships, friendship, manipulation, some seriously twisted mind games, and oh so dark and deadly secrets.
“{Our reign was short and bloody. What came after it was worse.}”
Talk about mean girls getting some karma later in life. With Ambrosia you will probably feel everything under the sun when it comes to her. She is one of the mean girls. How mean you'll have to read to figure it out. But then everything that starts to happen you almost feel bad. For the most part she has basically lived a dull life to try and stay off the radar. Then there is Sloane she is just MEAN. And last but not least you have flora and she is the exact opposite of Sloane. The dark and the light The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn was a good dark fast twisted read. Happy reading everyone!
elinhallis's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
readwkatie's review against another edition
4.0
Thank you to NetGalley and Laurie Elizabeth Flynn for the advanced copy of “The Girls Are All So Nice Here” in return for my honest review. This book is available for purchase on March 9, 2021!
Ambrosia is a college freshman hoping to make the most of a new school by completely changing who she was in high school. Early on she learns that it isn’t as easy to fit in as she hoped it would be and quickly becomes resentful of others who seem to have a firm grasp on who they are. Much to her sweet roommate Flora’s chagrin, Amb ends up befriending Sully, another freshman who is known for being wild. Sully leads Amb down a dangerous path and when it ends with a fatal mistake, that error follows them around for the rest of their lives. Cut to ten years later at their college reunion, people still think the worst of Amb and Sully - but someone knows their secret and Amb and Sully spend the entire reunion weekend trying to save themselves from the past.
This was a great read - one of those “I can’t put it down” type of books. I will say, I really was not a fan of the main character (past or present) and did not find that the author wrote her to be likeable at all. There are some twists and turns in the book that keep you hooked and wondering who the culprit really is. The ending was definitely a shock - so if you’re wanting a suspenseful thriller with a surprise ending, this is the read for you!
Ambrosia is a college freshman hoping to make the most of a new school by completely changing who she was in high school. Early on she learns that it isn’t as easy to fit in as she hoped it would be and quickly becomes resentful of others who seem to have a firm grasp on who they are. Much to her sweet roommate Flora’s chagrin, Amb ends up befriending Sully, another freshman who is known for being wild. Sully leads Amb down a dangerous path and when it ends with a fatal mistake, that error follows them around for the rest of their lives. Cut to ten years later at their college reunion, people still think the worst of Amb and Sully - but someone knows their secret and Amb and Sully spend the entire reunion weekend trying to save themselves from the past.
This was a great read - one of those “I can’t put it down” type of books. I will say, I really was not a fan of the main character (past or present) and did not find that the author wrote her to be likeable at all. There are some twists and turns in the book that keep you hooked and wondering who the culprit really is. The ending was definitely a shock - so if you’re wanting a suspenseful thriller with a surprise ending, this is the read for you!
suzyq436's review against another edition
3.0
This was fine. It was not bad but it wasn't spectacular either.