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3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book was bad….but I loved it. For real for real a beach read. It won’t make you think or sharpen any portion of your intellect or make you a better person. Elin Hildebrand vibes but without developed characters. Idk!!! I liked it though!
3.5 stars. Something about this was underwhelming but I was entertained
This was a fast and pretty mindless read, with some ironic moments. However, it was not marketed correctly - I thought it would be a murder mystery, with characters trying to figure out who the killer was. The actual murder doesn't occur until near the end and most of the story is concerned with the characters' problems (mainly affairs).
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Bad Summer People by Emma Rosenblum is a well written contemporary thriller. The story fell short for me, though. There were too many people for me to keep track of. The content was just not for me.
Catches your interest quickly, but not a ton of depth in the characters.
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
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
While the novel starts with a found body, the book is less of a mystery and more of a community drama. There a few characters that have the potential to be likable in the story, but if they are potentially likable you hardly get any character development. The main characters are terrible, self-absorbed, conceited, unfaithful, entitled, vapid people that spend every summer together despite hating each other. Just when you think they can’t get worse, they do. The book changes viewpoints each chapter, which I generally like, but there were so many characters (all with basic names) it was hard to keep them all straight. While the characters were terrible, I hoped they would “get what was coming to them,” but it seemed there were no consequences to their horrible actions. The end probably raised this a half star as I was ultimately surprised by some of the twists and turns in the final quarter of the book.