A review by jencunn2024
Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

3.0

Probably a 3.5/5 for me but I’ve been torn on how to review and rate this. On one hand I loved so many things about the story and the characters. I enjoyed these two average women trying to be vindictive badasses. The conartistry wasn’t that enthralling or shocking but it almost contained a social demagoguery between all the main characters that was over-the-top dramatic entertainment. That was fun! But, on the other hand, it was exceedingly redundant because Janelle Brown tries to show each segment of the story from two different perspectives. While she leapfrogs the timing, she unnecessarily rehashes both sides of a conversation. Instead she could have done that sparingly and kept the story moving. There was also quite a bit that you could see coming, but I will say I was so glad I finished this because it has a lot more layers and twists than I anticipated. I also listened to the audio and unfortunately that helped with the speed of the book but still highlighted all of the writing and structure flaws. The story is strong enough that I think they can do a good series with it and I will also watch that.