The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas

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The Cheerleaders

Kara Thomas

3.65 AVERAGE

goodguyeli's review against another edition

2.0
This is the book equivalent of sneaking into a theater showing a horror movie with your friends just because it had a cool poster, after seeing the movie you actually paid to see. You can't really be mad because it was free and you were goofing off most of the time with your friends. It was a cheap plot with one-dimensional characters that you couldn't tell the difference between (Alexa, Rachel, Jennifer, Juliana, Ginny, Susan, no clue), but it almost didn't even matter because it was free and wasn't painfully bad.

Fell victim yet again to a YA-clickbait cover. Plot was like a TV-14 made-for-TV Lifetime movie. I think it only missed a 1-star rating because it wasn't the absolute worst and it was good enough at page 100 for me not to give up.
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alexisliner's review against another edition

2.5
dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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thesunisalsoastar's review against another edition

4.5
dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

segrxti's review against another edition

4.5
dark mysterious 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
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jazzyrandes28's review against another edition

4.5
heavy heavy stuff 
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rgoth's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
I enjoyed this book; it was fast-paced and twisty. It was based on teens, and high school, but the storyline was quite deep, and there were plenty of trigger warnings, so take a look at these before giving it a read. 
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i_zxfxr2109's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kennedy_reads_a_lot's review against another edition

2.75
Okay this one wasn’t bad!! I had high hopes and it didn’t quite reach them, but for being a basic murder mystery, it was pretty good! Great palate cleanser!
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lila_301's review against another edition

4.75
challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

joja_reads's review against another edition

1.0
why was this even a book? idk. i just know i didn’t like it. the ending wasn’t terrible tho! only took me half a decade to read!!!!