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Dig Two Graves by Gretchen McNeil

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mayarelmahdy's review

3.0

2.5/5

This book is a fun read, but it needed some work on the plot. Some things just never made sense or were explained.

wildflowerz76's review

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DNF. This is getting terrible reviews. And while it doesn't feel so awful to me, it's also not my think, so I'm DNFing it.

Gretchen McNeil's books are addictive, rivaling Karen McManus in the YA thriller genre. Plus Dig Two Graves was serving major Hitchcock noir vibes. We follow Neve, a scorned teen who heads to a leadership camp for the summer. While there, she meets the charismatic Diane and accidentally enters into a murder pact. While it wasn't necessarily unpredictable, there were still twists and turns throughout. I honestly couldn't put it down, though I'm still left with questions. Like what did Charlotte know? Are Neve and Inara going to get together? Agh!

Overall a nice quick read for fans of psychological thrillers and people who read the Wikipedia articles for horror movies rather than watching them.

*Thank you to Disney Hyperion and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review*

booksandpops4000's review

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5.0

* I got this review from the publisher*

I really loved this book. I felt like this book remidned me of all the elements i loved from PLL and it was fast pace read. It was a book that deviated from normal thriller elements and had a main character that i did not adore but also did not hate and she was character the grew on me throuhgout the read. This book was really hard to put down and i was unable to predict the twist. It was a super quick read and loved the pacing of this read. If you enjoyed PLL or i Killed zoe spanos this might be a fun read!!

kathslibrary's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

ellejo3's review

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dark 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

1.0

I had looked forward to reading this because I liked Strangers on a Train and Do Revenge, but I hated it and found it problematic. Neve is very much ~not like other girls~ which I didn’t like. Her bi rep also varied between feeling forced and also reminded me of the harmful trope of a queer character obsessing over a straight character then lashing out after being rejected by the queer phobic straight character. Lastly, what frustrates me the most about this book was the heavy-handed suggestion that girls lie about sexual harassment. This is so harmful, not to mention the fact that research overwhelmingly shows that false claims of this are incredibly low.

That this was combined with incest is especially disgusting and problematic when you think of how many incest victims are in the age audience the book targets. While they’re not technically biologically related, they’re still legally siblings. Diane lying about being sexually harassed by her stepbrother when in reality she was actively choosing to be with him just screams of the myth that girls who say they’ve been sexually harassed or assaulted secretly wanted it. No, just no.

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milana_andrade's review

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adventurous mysterious medium-paced

4.5

This is an AMAZING book!! One of my favourites, the only thing is, it only got really good at the second half of the book, because nothing very exciting happens until page number 105. I highly recommend
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I hated the plot twist at the end! I just wish it had ended a different way. I wish Diane was the ‘real’ murderer!! Ik I’m talking bad about it, but it really is a fantastic book.

kwagner's review

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3.0

I enjoyed reading this because it really did keep me guessing up until the end. I will say that I felt it lacked diversity and could have been more engaging overall. It was either a page turner or a little dry. I would recommend it to someone who like Pretty Little Liars.