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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Pretty food. Super fast read. Some of it seemed kind of unrealistic. Like I’m not sure lawyers are supposed to be telling random people all their clients’ business.
But still a pretty good fun time.
But still a pretty good fun time.
to the fans of "a good girls guide to murder", you should totally read this book!!! now let's get into the nitty gritty without giving too many spoilers.
I loved the two main characters in this book, and I especially liked how they were not perfect people. They could be downright mean, manipulative, and just purely being teenage girls. Alice as a rich kid brat who love Agatha Christie and is always so lonely was really the star for me, though I loved Iris as well.
I also appreciated the side plot of Iris and her home life. The authors gave these characters real depth, and they didn't just make them cookie cutter perfect people.
I also was hooked onto the mystery from the start! This is where it kind of reminded me of "a good girl's guide to murder," with how the mystery was solved and all the twists and turns.
All that to say, I would love to see this as a series, and I desperately want the Agathas to solve the murder of the movie starlet that they hinted about at the end!!
I loved the two main characters in this book, and I especially liked how they were not perfect people. They could be downright mean, manipulative, and just purely being teenage girls. Alice as a rich kid brat who love Agatha Christie and is always so lonely was really the star for me, though I loved Iris as well.
I also appreciated the side plot of Iris and her home life. The authors gave these characters real depth, and they didn't just make them cookie cutter perfect people.
I also was hooked onto the mystery from the start! This is where it kind of reminded me of "a good girl's guide to murder," with how the mystery was solved and all the twists and turns.
All that to say, I would love to see this as a series, and I desperately want the Agathas to solve the murder of the movie starlet that they hinted about at the end!!
Fantastic murder mystery that I'm now highly recommending to all my fans of One of Us is Lying, etc
Two girls from completely different sides of the track - one living a life of privilege but shunned by the popular crowd after her mysterious disappearance last year, the other trying to stay under the radar and save up enough money to get her and her mom away from "the Thing". Both get caught up in a mysterious death and end up paired together working to solve it, since the local police aren't digging deep enough.
Content warnings: Death, violence, domestic abuse, underage drinking, language
Two girls from completely different sides of the track - one living a life of privilege but shunned by the popular crowd after her mysterious disappearance last year, the other trying to stay under the radar and save up enough money to get her and her mom away from "the Thing". Both get caught up in a mysterious death and end up paired together working to solve it, since the local police aren't digging deep enough.
Content warnings: Death, violence, domestic abuse, underage drinking, language
2 stars. *
I"m just solidly Meh on this one.
I really wanted to like it. I was buzzed in numerous publications, and the blurb appealed to me.
The Agathas is a YA mystery that follows Alice Ogilvie (a comically stereotypical rich girl obsessed with Agatha Christie novels) as she attempts to solve the mystery of her former best friend, Brooke's disappearance/murder. I am good with YA. I love great YA storylines. The Agathas has all of the ingredients. However the writing was just juvenile. I predicted every twist and turn and the characters had zero nuance.
The cover is great. I'll give it that.
*with thanks to NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for this honest review.
I"m just solidly Meh on this one.
I really wanted to like it. I was buzzed in numerous publications, and the blurb appealed to me.
The Agathas is a YA mystery that follows Alice Ogilvie (a comically stereotypical rich girl obsessed with Agatha Christie novels) as she attempts to solve the mystery of her former best friend, Brooke's disappearance/murder. I am good with YA. I love great YA storylines. The Agathas has all of the ingredients. However the writing was just juvenile. I predicted every twist and turn and the characters had zero nuance.
The cover is great. I'll give it that.
*with thanks to NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for this honest review.
This has all the Veronica Mars vibes, well, except for an "obligatory psychotic jackass."
“Something about that hurts, to be honest. I mean, we live with it every day. In class, on the street, everywhere. Teachers not calling on you but calling on boys. Cluck-clucking at our clothes and makeup. The eyes of men when I just want to buy a stupid cup of coffee at Dotty’s Doughnuts.”
Last summer, Alice Ogilvie disappeared for 5 days after her boyfriend, Steve, dumped her. Now, Steve’s current girlfriend has disappeared and the police don’t seem to be making much of an effort to find her. Inspired by the Agatha Christie novels she’s fallen in love with, Alice wrangles her tutor, Iris Adams, into helping her find out what’s happened to Brooke.
I’m a sucker for YA sleuth novels but, up until the last quarter of this book, I had my doubts whether or not this would be a keeper. Now I’m hoping for a sequel. At its heart, The Agathas is a story about friendship, loneliness and the awkwardness of navigating your teenage years…especially when you have a secret. On the surface, Alice and Iris are nothing alike but, over the course of the mystery, they form a partnership and then a friendship. Alice was hard to like…until suddenly, at her very worst moment, she became real…flawed and loveable. Iris was easier to like from the start but she’s a little (lot) judgmental and she’s got a lot of growing to do. Here’s hoping that Glasgow and Lawson get together for an Agatha part two. Surely there are more secrets to be uncovered in Castle Cove!
Last summer, Alice Ogilvie disappeared for 5 days after her boyfriend, Steve, dumped her. Now, Steve’s current girlfriend has disappeared and the police don’t seem to be making much of an effort to find her. Inspired by the Agatha Christie novels she’s fallen in love with, Alice wrangles her tutor, Iris Adams, into helping her find out what’s happened to Brooke.
I’m a sucker for YA sleuth novels but, up until the last quarter of this book, I had my doubts whether or not this would be a keeper. Now I’m hoping for a sequel. At its heart, The Agathas is a story about friendship, loneliness and the awkwardness of navigating your teenage years…especially when you have a secret. On the surface, Alice and Iris are nothing alike but, over the course of the mystery, they form a partnership and then a friendship. Alice was hard to like…until suddenly, at her very worst moment, she became real…flawed and loveable. Iris was easier to like from the start but she’s a little (lot) judgmental and she’s got a lot of growing to do. Here’s hoping that Glasgow and Lawson get together for an Agatha part two. Surely there are more secrets to be uncovered in Castle Cove!
adventurous
lighthearted
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
"Don't you understand? It doesn't matter to me who did it. I will still have lost everything. I will never have peace."
Modern day Nancy Drew. Or any teen detective really. This was a fun read.
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
I would give the book 4.5 stars because it was really good just a little more violent then I thought it was going to be. Good for fans of One of Us is Lying and One of Us is Next. There was lots of plot twists and overall I liked it.