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emilybates's review
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.75
writevicky's review
3.0
3.5 stars. Enjoyed 50% of the book, but guessed the ending easily and felt like it was a fair bit unbelievable in terms of how characters reacted to certain events.
The book sort of fizzled out halfway through, which is a shame. Still, Cat Clarke is a great writer, it's just this particular story didn't really have any big twist or compelling conclusion that made me finish and want to recommend it to others like usual. Characters and setting and the topics broached were all masterfully done, and that alone makes it worth a read, especially for 99p on Kindle, as it is now.
The book sort of fizzled out halfway through, which is a shame. Still, Cat Clarke is a great writer, it's just this particular story didn't really have any big twist or compelling conclusion that made me finish and want to recommend it to others like usual. Characters and setting and the topics broached were all masterfully done, and that alone makes it worth a read, especially for 99p on Kindle, as it is now.
emilyjade23's review
3.0
I loved the boarding school theme, I’ve never read a book set in a boarding school before. I feel like there wasn’t much happening at times, or at least anything exciting. I feel as though Jenna should have been featured more throughout the book, especially with more throwbacks to when she was alive.
apireading's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5
Dommage, pour un thriller emmotionnel, j'aurais aimé plus de saaaaang et de violeeeence. Mais soit, je tenterai d'être moins psychopathe et plus objective : c'était une bonne lecture, très addictive. Je l'ai dévoré d'une traite. La fin est un peu gentillette et prévisible (pour une fois que je devine l'entourloupe) mais sinon l'ambiance 8 clos et les personnages sont bien installés dans ce récit. Ca m'a donné envie de découvrir d'autres romans de Cat Clarke !
Dommage, pour un thriller emmotionnel, j'aurais aimé plus de saaaaang et de violeeeence. Mais soit, je tenterai d'être moins psychopathe et plus objective : c'était une bonne lecture, très addictive. Je l'ai dévoré d'une traite. La fin est un peu gentillette et prévisible (pour une fois que je devine l'entourloupe) mais sinon l'ambiance 8 clos et les personnages sont bien installés dans ce récit. Ca m'a donné envie de découvrir d'autres romans de Cat Clarke !
alishaduh's review
4.0
Oh my goodness gracious me, this book!
Genuinly, this book was so so good, I'm definitley going to be thinking about it for quite some time to come.
The story's about a girl, Harper, who goes to boarding school and has a set friendship group (Lily, Ama & Rowan) until the new girl, Kirsty Connor turns up.
For me personally, I felt as if the drama that went on in the book and the sly & sneaky way Kirsty went about things was all way too real, it threw me right back in to secondary school and I definitely felt as if I could relate to Harper in some way. But as well as teen drama it's also a book about friendship, strained friendships at that. The friendships in the book took a very interesting turn throughout the story and I adored it, I appreciate the way Cat Clarke made sure to still keep the caring nature of the girls about each other, with the exclusion of Kirsty of course, throughout what was happening.
Only a few niggles though, one being that I felt it didn't tie up everything nicely at the end- we had the scene with all the girls consoling each other and things getting back but, especially after the scene with Marcy, Kirsty & Harper, I really wanted to find out more about Kirsty's feelings but sadly we didn't get to see that. I also wanted to find out a bit more about how the friendships resolved after what happened but hey ho.
Genuinly, this book was so so good, I'm definitley going to be thinking about it for quite some time to come.
The story's about a girl, Harper, who goes to boarding school and has a set friendship group (Lily, Ama & Rowan) until the new girl, Kirsty Connor turns up.
For me personally, I felt as if the drama that went on in the book and the sly & sneaky way Kirsty went about things was all way too real, it threw me right back in to secondary school and I definitely felt as if I could relate to Harper in some way. But as well as teen drama it's also a book about friendship, strained friendships at that. The friendships in the book took a very interesting turn throughout the story and I adored it, I appreciate the way Cat Clarke made sure to still keep the caring nature of the girls about each other, with the exclusion of Kirsty of course, throughout what was happening.
Only a few niggles though, one being that I felt it didn't tie up everything nicely at the end- we had the scene with all the girls consoling each other and things getting back but, especially after the scene with Marcy, Kirsty & Harper, I really wanted to find out more about Kirsty's feelings but sadly we didn't get to see that. I also wanted to find out a bit more about how the friendships resolved after what happened but hey ho.
greengaybles's review
4.0
I had completely forgotten that I added this to my want to read shelf back in 2018, because it took so long for it to finally show up on Bookshare, but I stumbled across it again yesterday and decided to finally give it a go. I liked it very much, though it wasn't at all what I expected from the synopsis. I don't know that I found the ending entirely satisfying, but I'm also not sure what ending would have been. Despite that, there were so many of my favorite things here. Boarding school setting, secrets and lies, teenage girl friendships that are messy and flawed but also rock solid and devoted, slightly toxic relationships between girls, etc etc. And writing that flows easily and is engaging and funny and realistic to the way teenagers speak and think. I've read a couple of Cat Clarke's other books and enjoyed them, but this is definitely my favorite so far.
bestdressedbookworm's review
5.0
I love Cat Clarke books
I literally play "guess the ending" the whole time I'm reading. There a few authors that I will forgo a fair bit of sleep for in order to finish a book.
Absolutely brilliant!
I literally play "guess the ending" the whole time I'm reading. There a few authors that I will forgo a fair bit of sleep for in order to finish a book.
Absolutely brilliant!