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Garotas brilhantes

Jessica Knoll

4.09 AVERAGE

challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

I think you either love or hate this book, there is no in between. I hated this book, but in I can’t DNF fashion, I stuck with it. I have no idea what was happening most. The multiple time lines made it near impossible to follow along. It started out decent and I was interested, but that ended quickly. 

I liked this book and it kept my attention but there were parts that felt open ended and unfinished.
dark emotional sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

This was great but just made me so sad x a really difficult read super emotional and I feel rage 

Pamela was kinda eating the defendant up and I was living for it. Call them what they are: LOSERS!!!!

I really love how this book didn't focus on the murder itself but rather the aftermath and how the women's lives changed. It took me a while to get into and when both Ruth and Pamela were in Colorado it got a bit confusing. I understood the device of parallel stories but it was a bit difficult to keep track of and distracted me. However the characters were all very lovable & I found myself sickened at what they went through.

3.5 ⭐️, a little meandering
mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Hard to listen to, perhaps better if you read it on page. 
challenging dark emotional informative inspiring mysterious sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging reflective medium-paced
adventurous challenging dark emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

i typically am very picky about dual timelines but knoll did it VERY WELL!!!