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Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

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shreyahehe's review against another edition

3.0

“Everyone goes through shit, and there’s always someone somewhere who has it worse. It doesn’t make what you’re feeling any less real or any less shitty.”

so I didn't like this as much as I thought it would. If you read the storyline, it seems such an interesting story, but it kinda left me a little disappointed.

• I kinda of knew Brandon was one of the college guys they were talking about because of Brandon age, so that was obvious. but I really would've wanted to know about his friend aswell.

• Among all three incidents, none of them were connected. This is the point where I was disappointed the most. They had an opportunity to connect it all, because all five of them dying is a big coincidence. But turns out it was coincidence.

• At first, I thought Ginny was involved with Brandon for the murders because of the scar on her thumb. But later we find out about her dad and everything. The last segment where she hid what happened to her dad from everyone is actually something I liked. Something like that should not be told to anyone.

• I tbh liked Ethan. I mean he sought of gave stalker vibes, but still he was there when Jen needed him. Sure he couldn't help her but he tried his level best. He didn't deserved to be bullied, he already had so much going on at home, bullying on top of that makes everything worse.

I’m still here.
It was starting to feel like a curse.

samthemidwesterner's review against another edition

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3.0

I wish I could give this 3.5 stars, I enjoyed the plot and I appreciated that the main character wasn't intentionally dense, I just wish there was more tension throughout.

itrytoread's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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br00kied's review against another edition

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5.0

I hate how much I want to read the second book. The more you read the more you get intrigued by the characters, I honestly thought Ginny did it and i was surprised to find out it wasn’t her. I loved Monica but I hated how much she trusted Ginny when she barely knew her, I honestly can’t wait to read the second book.

bethanyangharads's review against another edition

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2.0

⭐️⭐️/5

Overview: Around five years ago, five cheerleaders die within the same month and they seem to be connected. In this novel the reader follows the main character, Monica, as she tries to unravel the truth surrounding her sister's death (one of the afore mentioned cheerleaders). Monica herself goes through some tough things along this journey as she connects the dots.

Review: This book started out super promising with a beginning that hooked me in straight away. The mystery and plot held so much promise that I felt like I would be super sucked in to the story - which I was. However, about a third of the way in things started to go downhill for me, for a number of reasons...

1) Monica made way too many wild assumptions and out there connections that the plausibility of what she was hypothesising went straight out the window. I understand that some of this could be attributed to Monica feeling distraught and unstable buuut it doesn't quite cover it.
2) Some of the side plots seemed to be a waste of page space and didn't really add to the story e.g. talking about the Monica's past relationships (Matt) and Monica interviewing (more like randomly turning up to people's places through stalking them, and then demanding answers).
3) Monica's relationships with her friends and family felt super forced and dramatic.
4) The wrap up to the whole mystery was, well, disappointing. The only thing that kept me reading to the end was this anticipation that everything would come together spectacularly, but it was more like hunting through your bag to find that snack you had hidden away only to find that it had been inedibly squished. Long story short, the ending was anti climactic.

Some parts that I did like, because let's end this on a positive note, were; The few chapters from the dead sister (Jen's) perspective, Ginny having a rebellious side, [ironically] the commentary on how people jump to assumptions when it comes to people who act different to everyone else, and the ability to keep stringing me along so that I finished another book to add to my goodreads challenge seeing as I am lagging behind so tremendously.