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Suicide (20 reviewers), Bullying (14 reviewers), Rape (9 reviewers), Death (6 reviewers), Toxic relationship (6 reviewers), Alcoholism (5 reviewers), Drug abuse (5 reviewers), Emotional abuse (5 reviewers), Drug use (4 reviewers), Blood (4 reviewers), Murder (4 reviewers), Infidelity (3 reviewers), Mental illness (3 reviewers), Sexual content (3 reviewers), Violence (3 reviewers), Addiction (1 reviewer), Domestic abuse (1 reviewer), Infertility (1 reviewer), Miscarriage (1 reviewer), Self harm (1 reviewer), Sexual assault (1 reviewer), Sexual violence (1 reviewer), Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer), Grief (1 reviewer), Abortion (1 reviewer), and Suicide attempt (1 reviewer)Moderate
Rape (9 reviewers), Sexual content (4 reviewers), Suicidal thoughts (4 reviewers), Drug use (3 reviewers), Blood (3 reviewers), Body shaming (2 reviewers), Bullying (2 reviewers), Infidelity (2 reviewers), Mental illness (2 reviewers), Self harm (2 reviewers), Cursing (1 reviewer), Death (1 reviewer), Emotional abuse (1 reviewer), Sexual assault (1 reviewer), Suicide (1 reviewer), Toxic relationship (1 reviewer), and Murder (1 reviewer)Minor
Rape (1 reviewer), Self harm (1 reviewer), Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer), and Suicide (1 reviewer)Moods
dark 100%
mysterious 75%
tense 75%
emotional 40%
sad 27%
challenging 13%
reflective 6%
adventurous 4%
mysterious 75%
tense 75%
emotional 40%
sad 27%
challenging 13%
reflective 6%
adventurous 4%
Pace
fast 51%
medium 44%
slow 4%
medium 44%
slow 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 50% | A mix: 28% | Character: 21%Strong character development?
No: 48% | It's complicated: 35% | Yes: 16%Loveable characters?
No: 83% | It's complicated: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 91% | It's complicated: 8%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating
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Two former best friends return to their college reunion to find that they're being circled by someone who wants revenge for what they did ten years before--and will stop at nothing to get it--in this shocking psychological thriller about ambition, toxic friendship, and deadly desire. A lot has changed in the years since Ambrosia Wellington graduated from college, and she's worked hard to create a new life for herself. But then an invitation to her ten-year reunion arrives in the mail, along with an anonymous note that reads "We need to talk about what we did that night." It seems that the secrets of Ambrosia's past--and the people she thought she'd left there--aren't as buried as she'd believed. Amb can't stop fixating on what she did or who she did it with: larger-than-life Sloane "Sully" Sullivan, Amb's former best friend, who could make anyone do anything. At the reunion, Amb and Sully receive increasingly menacing messages, and it becomes clear that they're being pursued by someone who wants more than just the truth of what happened that first semester. This person wants revenge for what they did and the damage they caused--the extent of which Amb is only now fully understanding. And it was all because of the game they played to get a boy who belonged to someone else, and the girl who paid the price. Alternating between the reunion and Amb's freshman year, The Girls Are All So Nice Here is a shocking novel about the brutal lengths girls can go to get what they think they're owed, and what happens when the games we play in college become matters of life and death.
Buy The Girls Are All So Nice Here
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Blackwell's
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Two former best friends return to their college reunion to find that they're being circled by someone who wants revenge for what they did ten years before--and will stop at nothing to get it--in this shocking psychological thriller about ambition, toxic friendship, and deadly desire. A lot has changed in the years since Ambrosia Wellington graduated from college, and she's worked hard to create a new life for herself. But then an invitation to her ten-year reunion arrives in the mail, along with an anonymous note that reads "We need to talk about what we did that night." It seems that the secrets of Ambrosia's past--and the people she thought she'd left there--aren't as buried as she'd believed. Amb can't stop fixating on what she did or who she did it with: larger-than-life Sloane "Sully" Sullivan, Amb's former best friend, who could make anyone do anything. At the reunion, Amb and Sully receive increasingly menacing messages, and it becomes clear that they're being pursued by someone who wants more than just the truth of what happened that first semester. This person wants revenge for what they did and the damage they caused--the extent of which Amb is only now fully understanding. And it was all because of the game they played to get a boy who belonged to someone else, and the girl who paid the price. Alternating between the reunion and Amb's freshman year, The Girls Are All So Nice Here is a shocking novel about the brutal lengths girls can go to get what they think they're owed, and what happens when the games we play in college become matters of life and death.
What the community thinks
summary of 77 ratings (see reviews)
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Suicide (20 reviewers), Bullying (14 reviewers), Rape (9 reviewers), Death (6 reviewers), Toxic relationship (6 reviewers), Alcoholism (5 reviewers), Drug abuse (5 reviewers), Emotional abuse (5 reviewers), Drug use (4 reviewers), Blood (4 reviewers), Murder (4 reviewers), Infidelity (3 reviewers), Mental illness (3 reviewers), Sexual content (3 reviewers), Violence (3 reviewers), Addiction (1 reviewer), Domestic abuse (1 reviewer), Infertility (1 reviewer), Miscarriage (1 reviewer), Self harm (1 reviewer), Sexual assault (1 reviewer), Sexual violence (1 reviewer), Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer), Grief (1 reviewer), Abortion (1 reviewer), and Suicide attempt (1 reviewer)Moderate
Rape (9 reviewers), Sexual content (4 reviewers), Suicidal thoughts (4 reviewers), Drug use (3 reviewers), Blood (3 reviewers), Body shaming (2 reviewers), Bullying (2 reviewers), Infidelity (2 reviewers), Mental illness (2 reviewers), Self harm (2 reviewers), Cursing (1 reviewer), Death (1 reviewer), Emotional abuse (1 reviewer), Sexual assault (1 reviewer), Suicide (1 reviewer), Toxic relationship (1 reviewer), and Murder (1 reviewer)Minor
Rape (1 reviewer), Self harm (1 reviewer), Suicidal thoughts (1 reviewer), and Suicide (1 reviewer)Moods
dark 100%
mysterious 75%
tense 75%
emotional 40%
sad 27%
challenging 13%
reflective 6%
adventurous 4%
mysterious 75%
tense 75%
emotional 40%
sad 27%
challenging 13%
reflective 6%
adventurous 4%
Pace
fast 51%
medium 44%
slow 4%
medium 44%
slow 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Plot: 50% | A mix: 28% | Character: 21%Strong character development?
No: 48% | It's complicated: 35% | Yes: 16%Loveable characters?
No: 83% | It's complicated: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 91% | It's complicated: 8%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 100%Average rating