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3.83 AVERAGE

thatchickjenn's review

3.0

3.5 stars

Ooooooh. What a cruel, cruel summer
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Do you want to spend ten hours with a handful of bland characters mixed in with 2-3 vapid narcissists? All so you can discover which one of them killed the Golden Girl of their friend group? Who was loved despite the fact that she wasn't beautiful due to the size of her forehead? (As if that is a thing. Lol. How shallow do you have to be for that to be a thing? The MC in this book is insufferable.) Watch as two different timelines tries to obscure the lack of meaningful character development and bad plotting. Be amazed at the way in which stalking is completely ignored as a serious problem. Because the stalker was nice? And just cared about her friends? And the stalking was needed to move the plot forward? WTF?  The final twist is obvious AF as is the killer. Half a star for the unhinged younger brother who is trying to get justice. I wish the book had been from his pov and had been about his investigation. That would have been a far more interesting book. 

devonstiles's review

4.75
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4.5⭐️ This was addicting! I couldn’t out it down and the dial timelines made it so good. Continuous plot twists that kept me guessing until the very end.

mdavenport02's review

3.5
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I did really enjoy this as I really like this type of book aesthetic like the dark academia, murder mystery, secret history-esc stories. The vibe of this book was really good and I found it entertaining and all, but it definitely wasn't even close to as good as the secret history or if we were villains for me. Books in this genre tend to be somewhat similar to each other so if one isn't as good it's just kind of like I'm reading a knock off version of another book I've read which kills it a bit. I also predicted the killer oops. Not bad, just doesn't stand out as particularly good like the other ones like this I've read. The type of book I'll probably forget about soon.
dark mysterious reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

codygreen58's review

3.0

This read like a Pretty Little Liars plot line.

alynap's review

4.0

In my dreams I hold scrapbook scissors