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The Ivies

Alexa Donne

3.64 AVERAGE

lauracooleyjohnson's review

2.0

Toxic Achievement Culture. I think that’s the official term for the hyper-competitiveness that describes today’s college application situation. So I was a little intrigued by a novel where the main characters are back stabbing mean girls who do everything to get into the Ivies. Including *gasp* murder!?! The novel is a black comedy or maybe satire meant to show how absurd the private school college admissions process is. And I finished it, so that means it was mildly readable. But the trope can only take the story so far. In this case it wore thin when the actual writing was lacking. I’m also not a great fan of murder mysteries even when dove well. In the end, most of the characters weren’t that likable, and that translates to the book being not that likable either.

abbycadabsy's review

5.0
adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

madkelley's review

4.0
dark funny mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Loveable characters: No

maggiesasha's review

4.0

Such a fun read. Reminded me a lot of They Wish They Were Us.

hannahnana73's review

3.0

Sheesh they're all basically a group of female dogs (i don't swear lol).

Writing style was mid... a bit annoying coz it kept the reader guessing till the last minute but not in an oh-so-cool Agatha Christie way y'know?

But other than that the plotline was good...

Just could have been executed a bit better.

Liked how she dealt w Ethan haha. Buttt the revoke of HER apps seemed a bit unfair imo

very dark academia which was a vibe. plus FANCY RICH BOARDING SCHOOLLL.

had higher expectations tho-

Rating - 3.4 stars

kiara_books's review

3.75
mysterious tense fast-paced

No it was so bad like the most basic story

emmasalas_7's review

1.0

hated this so much lol

jillian04's review

4.0
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Kept me hooked to learn more