A review by ehmannky
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins

dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I generally don't read a lot of thrillers, but I really liked Hawkins' "The Wife Upstairs" so I gave this a shot. Overall, a really solid read. Fast-paced, the twists felt natural to the plot and the foreshadowing was well done without being super obvious, the ending felt like the only natural way it could have ended. It's got a lot of good nods towards "And Then There Were None" here without it being a retelling of that novel. A fun Christie homage. 

I will say that I'm not the world's biggest fan of how the characters keep saying "oh, it's this island that strips us down to our most base selves, etc. etc.," and I feel like there's a critique in here about white characters/people in general using Tropical(TM) using this excuse for acting out on their most base instincts. I think if you wanted to really get into that line of thought, there's a good analysis for that line of thought. 
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