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Pretty Things

Janelle Brown

3.81 AVERAGE

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chloenoack's review

3.25
mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Loved the ending and the buildup to it but the first 300- maybe more pages were very slow. I’d love to recommend it to people solely for the ending but don’t want to put anyone through the excruciating task of reading the first 2/3s of the book. The multiple POVs was cool too but a lot of insignificant details could have been cut. 

nightstand_reads's review

4.0

I throughly enjoyed the two versions/POVs of “Pretty Things”. Both main characters, Nina and Vanessa had legitimate reasons they thought validated their actions, but in the end, everything they took was just a means to an end.

This was a very well constructed story and I loved all the plot twists, not to mention betrayal and clever con artistry.
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rseykora's review

4.0
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

There were very few characters to like in this story. I wanted to root for one, but then they do something despicable.  
mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Plot twists that I didn’t expect

Really like this novel as there was never one dull moment. You always wonder what is coming next and the twists and turns kept coming. Didn’t expect the ending and that was really really good since I’ve read so many of this sort of novel. Good job.
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bethanybuchholz's review

3.75
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated

rlshnhn's review

3.0
dark slow-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: Complicated

ishrat2006's review

4.0

4.75 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

akdaniels919's review

3.25
dark emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes