Reviews - Last Girl Breathing

109 reviews for:

Last Girl Breathing

Court Stevens

3.58 AVERAGE

gramorwal's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Could hear breathing and had a hard time concentrating at this time. Will give it another go

andreanourse's review against another edition

4.0

challenging mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

dreamingofsmiles's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sem300's review against another edition

4.0

received an arc from the publisher. great twist! abrupt ending! 3.5 stars would be more realistic

avrielturner's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

audiobookingwithleah's review against another edition

3.5

challenging mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Read this if you like…
- ya murder mystery
- small town Kentucky
- past and present timelines
- lots of characters

Themes at play…
- grief of a sibling
- secrets, lies & betrayals

Despite having everything a good YA mystery needs, this still failed to pull me in. I mean, I was there…but I wasn’t there, there. It was probably just a case of it’s not you, it’s me.

- Even the narration by McKenzie Fetters was decent…so I’m still not sure what it was.
- ratings score = 6.86/10

theofficialzhang's review against another edition

4.0

dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

4 ⭐
I'm keeping this review extremely short due to time constraints.

Things I liked:
- The book focused pretty heavily on the plot, which is great in thriller books
- The book focused more on friendships and family rather than romance (though romance is still part of it), which is refreshing to see in a YA book
- The plot twists at the last 25% of the book
- The revelation of the culprit and the explanation of all events leading up to the gruesome happenings
- I listened to the audiobook, so I also loved the narrator, she did a brilliant job at narrating the characters and all their emotions and stuff

Things I thought could've been done better:
- I liked Lucy, but I did wish her characterization could have had a bit more depth
- The pacing was a bit slow in the middle of the book

This one's 50/50:
- The book is told from three timelines: from when Lucy was 12-ish, when she was 18-ish, and when she was 20-ish
- I personally thought that the different timelines were interesting, however, some people may find it more difficult to follow than a single, linear timeline

Finally, thank you to NetGalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review!