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katieryan723's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
2.0
books_r_cool's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
gossip girl if it was about ballet
a riveting, dark story about teenage girl obsession in the ballet world.
a riveting, dark story about teenage girl obsession in the ballet world.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit
ks2_alwaysreading's review against another edition
2.0
Eh. Little character depth or growth. Many ballet terms that aren't explained...just thrown in there, with the reader expected to know what they are. The writing style was bland, with not very good or thrilling descriptions.
september10's review against another edition
2.0
i saw the series before noticing it was a book. honestly, the show seemed a lot more interesting and suspenseful?? maybe its because i just knew what it was meant to be??
callmesword's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I've never described a book as 'sad' but I guest there's a first time for everything. Not only sad, but also very unsettling and dark, even if at the end of the day the characters are 16 year old girls. I reckon even 16 year old teenagers have a violence inside them.
This book was compared to Pretty Little Liars, and I definitely agree. However, I don't remember that much about PLL so I'll compare it to If We Were Villains but Tiny Pretty Things being much better. Especially at the end, though the ending could've been given more time to breathe. But, apparently, there's a second book! Which, yeah.
In my opinion, the characters are the golden touch. Even though, at first, it's hard to understand why these three girls were the ones chosen for the POVs (except Gigi, she makes sense), and where the hell is that Cassie from the first chapter; it all comes through.
Nevertheless, I'm most intrigued by the male characters. Henry's a cryptic asshole whose actions and sayings are all crooked. He's scary, characters have mentioned this, and impossible to figure out. He's clever, though, as the end lets on. Alec's everyone's golden puppy but it's like he has no idea what's going on around him, and worse yet, when things get hard for Gigi, well, you'll see. He just wants it 'easy'. And, last one, Will. Who I can't quite decipher either. The only factual thing we know about him is that he's gay, unrequitedly in love with Alec and hates Bette. But he's slightly hysterical, and sadly we see him so little.
I could go on and on, but I'd prefer to just keep reading the next book ❤️🩹
This book was compared to Pretty Little Liars, and I definitely agree. However, I don't remember that much about PLL so I'll compare it to If We Were Villains but Tiny Pretty Things being much better. Especially at the end, though the ending could've been given more time to breathe. But, apparently, there's a second book! Which, yeah.
In my opinion, the characters are the golden touch. Even though, at first, it's hard to understand why these three girls were the ones chosen for the POVs (except Gigi, she makes sense), and where the hell is that Cassie from the first chapter; it all comes through.
Nevertheless, I'm most intrigued by the male characters. Henry's a cryptic asshole whose actions and sayings are all crooked. He's scary, characters have mentioned this, and impossible to figure out. He's clever, though, as the end lets on. Alec's everyone's golden puppy but it's like he has no idea what's going on around him, and worse yet, when things get hard for Gigi, well, you'll see. He just wants it 'easy'. And, last one, Will. Who I can't quite decipher either. The only factual thing we know about him is that he's gay, unrequitedly in love with Alec and hates Bette. But he's slightly hysterical, and sadly we see him so little.
I could go on and on, but I'd prefer to just keep reading the next book ❤️🩹
caylareads_'s review against another edition
3.0
Maybe 2.75? I had high expectations for this book after loving the TV show and I was always interested to know how it was meant to end but it’s quite different.
For me, 85% of this book was very slow and I felt like I’d been reading it forever. The last 15% was exactly what I thought this book was going to be like throughout so I hope it continues like that into book 2.
I did really love the 3 different POV’s from the girls though!
For me, 85% of this book was very slow and I felt like I’d been reading it forever. The last 15% was exactly what I thought this book was going to be like throughout so I hope it continues like that into book 2.
I did really love the 3 different POV’s from the girls though!
etinker's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
oneanjana's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This is basically a story about a group of teenage ballerinas backstabbing each other out of jealousy to win the main role in the ballet.
The plot is predictable, with no particular character development. Instead, there are endless secrets, a series of pranks, and it finally reaches the point where jealousy really takes its toll on someone. The ending was indeed the best part of this book. It was unpredictable and made me curious about what would happen next.
The plot is predictable, with no particular character development. Instead, there are endless secrets, a series of pranks, and it finally reaches the point where jealousy really takes its toll on someone. The ending was indeed the best part of this book. It was unpredictable and made me curious about what would happen next.
cefthy's review against another edition
4.0
2 thoughts: why is the sequel not in my hands right now and why am i not a ballerina (i know that's not the correct response to the horrible things they did in this book but. i want.)
giuliana_g's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
The writing wasn't great, but the concept of the book was good. I did enjoy the many subplots going on too.