Reviews - Dead Girls Don't Talk. Lucky For Me. (Viola's side of the story + ending)

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Dead Girls Don't Talk. Lucky For Me. (Viola's side of the story + ending)

Sandra J. Paul

3.59 AVERAGE

jana_m's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional mysterious 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: Yes

debbilynn42's review against another edition

2.75

reflective sad 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: Yes

I chose to read Syl's POV then Viola's POV, though it was an interesting option to read their parts in either order. Personally I found there to be too much repetition between the two POVs and not enough individual characterization. I would have appreciated more individual experiences for each girl to round out their motivations and decisions instead of repeating back the same scenes with barely any added internal character.

I found the scenes between Steve and Viola to sound more like a choppy interview rather than natural dialogue. It seemed too structured and their questions and answers alternating took me out of the narrative. The conversation between Annie and Syl flowed better and I was more immersed in their discussion.

Because of the amount of repetition between the two POVs, I found the second recounting of events (for me, from Viola's POV) to be unnecessary which is a bummer because I wanted to love the dual POVs. I wonder if I'd feel the same way if I'd switched the sequence and did Syl second?

Overall, I found the book anticlimactic and dull without a surprising twist or lasting story to recall back to. This wasn't a book for me.

Thanks to Skyscape and NetGalley for the ARC of this edition for my review.

Content Warnings

darktowerr's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lladybird's review against another edition

1.25

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ellen_db's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Just an enjoyable book, nothing spectacular but a fast-read. I starten with Viola's side and would say that that's a good choice.

leyvsc's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Two best friend, connected by the same birthday one of them is dead the other one killed her. Or did she? In both POVs you find out the story that lead to her death. It’s not every day a dead girl can tell her side of a story. But both of them can still lie about the events that happened.

Because of annotating and having a very important exam season it took me waaay longer to read this than it normally would have.

This one was a journey. I loved the flipping mechanics of this novel and also the two POVs. I thought if it would not be executed well it could get boring reading the same story twice but each side had something unique and interesting about it.

And even after reading both sides and uncovering all the lies, truth and secrets both of them had the ending still was a surprise!!

Content Warnings

soph_isnothere's review against another edition

5.0

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kriekskevanbrent's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

miarae's review against another edition

2.5

emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The book is written from two different POVs, in a turn-over style. Definitely a fun new thing for me to try. I started with Syl's POV, which was interesting and well written. Then I switched to Viola's POV and it was as though it was written by a completely different person. There were quite a few spelling mistakes, sentences that went nowhere, and even a whole part that was out of order.

Viola blaming Syl for her mother having an affair with her dad, and then only finding out pages later that her dad supposedly had an affair with Syl's mom

. If I had started with Viola's POV I don't know if I would have been able to finish the book. For an eighth edition, this book is in desperate need of a proper edit.

Aside from that, I mostly enjoyed the story; I enjoyed that you didn't know who to trust, but in the end it was a gimmick more than a proper good story. Both characters were unlovable and while some of it could be chalked up to their past experiences, they had very few redeeming qualities, making it hard to care about either one of them. At the end, I was reading more to find out the truth than because I enjoyed the book.

Considering I got this book as a Christmas present, I am disappointed in the overall execution of the story.

Content Warnings

mitchell3's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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