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3.3 AVERAGE
3.3 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria
Pretty good. I wouldn’t consider it a thriller but a PG-13 mystery.
It definitely was giving off fat-shaming vibes. Like why were the characters sizes brought up so much? We’re body positive around here.
It definitely was giving off fat-shaming vibes. Like why were the characters sizes brought up so much? We’re body positive around here.
I received an ARC of this from the publisher from a giveaway here on Goodreads! Thank you!
ah, the dreaded two-star review. by goodreads standards, it means the book is okay. and the book wasn't bad, at all, but if i ask myself if it was good, i just kinda "eeeeeeehhhhhh" to myself because i don't know. last girl lied to certainly isn't bad but it's definitely not something i'm going to tell everyone around me to read because it really is a lot of "ok."
i really don't think there's a single character in this book that i genuinely liked or cared about. everyone had their own flaws, and fiona liked to make sure we knew that she had them but it was almost beat into our heads by the end that she felt that she was lesser than because she wasn't the same size she'd been a year before. fiona used people just as much as she was used, and i guess spending 370 pages of listening to her judge others for things she personally wouldn't have done while she herself did things others wouldn't have done was just one big Clusterfuck.
i really. wanted to. like this more. but i just can't. like? i really thought when i was about halfway through this that i was going to give it like four stars, at least, because the mystery was really good in the beginning. but!
seriously, fictional high schoolers go through more shit than i could have ever dreamed of. or nightmare-ed of. depends on the situation, ig.
maybe more people will like this more than i did. i used this as a sort of cleanser between like a marathon of fantasy books and idk if it helped or not. thank you, again, to goodreads, the publisher, and the author for this arc!
ah, the dreaded two-star review. by goodreads standards, it means the book is okay. and the book wasn't bad, at all, but if i ask myself if it was good, i just kinda "eeeeeeehhhhhh" to myself because i don't know. last girl lied to certainly isn't bad but it's definitely not something i'm going to tell everyone around me to read because it really is a lot of "ok."
i really don't think there's a single character in this book that i genuinely liked or cared about. everyone had their own flaws, and fiona liked to make sure we knew that she had them but it was almost beat into our heads by the end that she felt that she was lesser than because she wasn't the same size she'd been a year before. fiona used people just as much as she was used, and i guess spending 370 pages of listening to her judge others for things she personally wouldn't have done while she herself did things others wouldn't have done was just one big Clusterfuck.
i really. wanted to. like this more. but i just can't. like? i really thought when i was about halfway through this that i was going to give it like four stars, at least, because the mystery was really good in the beginning. but!
Spoiler
if you want the entire mystery of not one but two deaths/disappearances/losses to be explained in, i shit you not, a couple of paragraphs about ten pages from the end, give this a shot.seriously, fictional high schoolers go through more shit than i could have ever dreamed of. or nightmare-ed of. depends on the situation, ig.
maybe more people will like this more than i did. i used this as a sort of cleanser between like a marathon of fantasy books and idk if it helped or not. thank you, again, to goodreads, the publisher, and the author for this arc!
This could have been a five star read if the author embraced the sapphic undertones.
I liked this book a lot and it was very captivating, but there were many points in the story that I was left thinking “why was this necessary?” For example, when Fiona goes to counseling and talks a lot about it once but then just briefly mentions it a few times later in the book I just didn’t see the point of adding that in. Same with her feelings about her body. It didn’t push the story along, just added unnecessary details. Overall it was really good I just wonder what it would’ve been like without those meaningless details.
I don't know. Maybe I just wanted everyone to be slightly better versions of themselves. Maybe I couldn't believe it. Maybe I never bought in.
3.5 stars. I'm not sure the unreliable narrator and shocking surprises were done as well as they could have been, but I didn't hate it. Check out my full review at Forever Young Adult.
" you can’t make someone else your anchor, or else they have the power to sink you "
I have very mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, it was fun to read. I actually really liked the mystery, and didn’t see some things coming. (Some were very obvious). The writing was fine, the characters were fine, and the plot was fine.
On the other, the book felt very static. Until the epilogue, Fiona (the narrator) showed next to no growth. Relationships didn’t really develop outside of her two “romantic” interests. For all the talk about her old friendships, those never came back into the limelight. Also, the romances were pretty bad. I didn’t want her to end up with anyone. In the last couple of pages, Fiona herself admits she’s no better than she was at the beginning. I wanted so much growth that just never came.
Overall, I kind of enjoyed reading the book.
I have very mixed feelings about this book. On one hand, it was fun to read. I actually really liked the mystery, and didn’t see some things coming. (Some were very obvious). The writing was fine, the characters were fine, and the plot was fine.
On the other, the book felt very static. Until the epilogue, Fiona (the narrator) showed next to no growth. Relationships didn’t really develop outside of her two “romantic” interests. For all the talk about her old friendships, those never came back into the limelight. Also, the romances were pretty bad. I didn’t want her to end up with anyone. In the last couple of pages, Fiona herself admits she’s no better than she was at the beginning. I wanted so much growth that just never came.
Overall, I kind of enjoyed reading the book.