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The Counselors

Jessica Goodman

3.48 AVERAGE

ahoffkosik's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jodihodes's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I love this author's stories. Her YA thrillers are always faves! I really enjoyed reading about what it was like at a New England camp.

luvrollercoaster's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

marishareadsalot's review against another edition

4.0

Thank you to BookishFirst, Penguin Teen, and Jessica Goodman for the gifted copy in exchange for my honest review. I own both of her previous books but The Counselors is the first I've actually read, and I've definitely been sleeping on her for too long!

Based on the cover and synopsis, I was thinking this would have more of a 90's slasher at sleepaway camp kind of vibe (i.e. Friday the 13th) but I wouldn't say it was quite that dark. Thankfully, though, the pacing is excellent and the story is so well-written I honestly didn't feel let down by the fact that it was not very "slasher-y."

I genuinely could not put this down until I figured out what all the characters' dirty little secrets were. I previously mentioned Goodman did such a good job with pacing but it definitely bears repeating. I was hooked from the very beginning and she didn't let her foot off the gas until the very end.

shreeyasbookshelf's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious tense 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

a nice summertime mystery read

chaptersofchase's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Thank you, Booksparks, for the gifted copy of The Counselors {partner} #src2022

Genre: Young Adult
Trope: Mystery
Format: 📖
Pub Date: 5.31.2022
Star Rating: ☆☆☆

“Eight magical weeks at Camp Alpine Lake. Nothing exists outside this place. Not even the past.”

Let me begin by saying that I do enjoy reading Young Adult titles. A few have been incredible and either kept me on the edge of my seat or moved me to tears. However, some YA titles do not work for me, and this was one of them.

Little things throughout the book irked me and made it hard for me to enjoy. Maybe it’s because I wasn’t raised this way, but I had a tough time picturing these kids (because that’s what they are) getting dressed up for a night out and walking into a bar to get openly drunk. Let alone a camp (run by adults), allowing their counselors to load up into a bus and allowing said bus driver to drop them off at a bar. Then there were chapters involving the MC walking into the county clerk’s office in the middle of the night, using an ID badge that she took of a dead guy. Is there no security in this place?

I will say that I did enjoy the short chapters and dual timelines — it kept me interested and telling myself ‘just one more chapter’ until I had finished the book.

✌🏼 Dual Timeline
🏕 Summer Camp
🤏🏼Short Chapters
🔍 Mysterious death

As always, this is just my opinion, and I know there are a lot of people who enjoyed this book. So, take my opinion with a grain of salt.

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