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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
While this was really good, I'm surprised that I enjoyed the prequel (Last Christmas) more than this first book. A lot of the tension in this book came from typical high school scenarios and only hinted at the darker issues that will come up later, and the book ended a bit suddenly. I did still enjoy this intro to the series though, and will absolutely be reading the rest of the series!
I got a stupid urge to reread this (and other dumb boarding school books I read as a kid), so I listened to it on my drive to DC today.
This is very bad—obviously—but I can see why a younger me would’ve liked it. Very apparent that I was looking for some kind of escape from WV through reading at that point. Ironic now that I’m moving back.
This is very bad—obviously—but I can see why a younger me would’ve liked it. Very apparent that I was looking for some kind of escape from WV through reading at that point. Ironic now that I’m moving back.
I hope I never know any teenagers that are in this novel. I had a hard time listening to it.
Revisiting books from my youth as a way to give my brain a break and meet my reading goal. I cannot believe this is the stuff filling my brain during important developmental years of my life. In my memory these books are peak dark academia- gossipy, mysterious, romantic. Instead I am not surprised that we have a culture of people who are fat phobic and misogynistic and in unhealthy relationships. He said he LOVES HER?? They have only had like 2 conversations. I’m horrified!!
This book was mildly interesting.
Normally I will read a book over if I really liked it. I will never read this one again.
Some moments were interesting, but the main character is completely infuriating. She was so pathetic I couldn't stand it. If I could, I would slap her.
But I don't hate the book, just the main character. Maybe the only reason I don't hate it though is because I enjoyed the way the popular girls she was trying to get in with tortured her. She deserved it.
This book is more something to read when you're bored and it's all there is.
Normally I will read a book over if I really liked it. I will never read this one again.
Some moments were interesting, but the main character is completely infuriating. She was so pathetic I couldn't stand it. If I could, I would slap her.
But I don't hate the book, just the main character. Maybe the only reason I don't hate it though is because I enjoyed the way the popular girls she was trying to get in with tortured her. She deserved it.
This book is more something to read when you're bored and it's all there is.
This is a reread for me, I loved it when I read it the first time. This time I spent more time confused over why the main character is so obsessed with joining a clique of mean girls, but the book is still really fun. If you like Gossip Girl and the like, you’ll like this book.
I have had this series on my TBR radar for a while now so took the opportunity to start it this week with this book. My first thoughts are that I totally hated the main character but was totally hooked on the storyline. Not that the story line was any great masterpiece but essentially this book is mean girls meets pretty little liars meets gossip girl meet any other school with a boarding school for rich girls /scholarship girl trope. And yet I couldn't look away. I found the main character Reed shallow and weak and could not fathom how on earth she could trust the billings girls or Thomas and she constantly made extremely poor decisions as the story went on. That being said. As soon as I was done with this book, I went straight away and picked up book 2 and have since borrowed the rest of the series from the library. I think i might be addicted.
Yeah, I can't believe I read this one either, but in my defense, I *did* get it for free as an Advance Reader's Copy . . . Anyway, junk-food-lit young-adult story about a girl at an exclusive private school where the "in crowd" rules and everyone has dark secrets . . . just like every other young adult novel about girls going top exclusive private schools. This one doesn't even have the cool supernatural elements of Libba Bray's books . . . but even so, it was competently executed, so that's something.