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Pretty Girls
by Karin Slaughter
Pretty Girls is the best standalone I've read from Karin Slaughter, I still prefer her series but this was a solid thriller!
A lot of people are hesitant when starting this book or any Slaughter book and rightly so, I've read enough to not be affected by much but Karin still manages to make my face clench together in disgust.
Pretty Girl follows three points of view, Claire, Lydia and their father. Every one of the father's points are diary/journal entries. The family are living with the fact that the third sister, Julia has been missing since she was 19 years old, over 20 years ago. Claire and Lydia have not been a part of each others lives for a good while but new cases and a death of a loved one brings them back together - not in the way you'd think. These characters start out being really unlikable, the sisters do not get on and there's a lot of bad history, but they were written so well. I found myself being fully interested the whole way through even when there wasn't a whole lot happening.
The plot was quite straight forward, there wasn't any major plot twist I guess and I wasn't left shocked by much, usually that would bother me but I was so engrossed in these characters that I just didn't care.
It was a great, well rounded story and I think I ended up really enjoying Claire and Lydia, separately and together by the end of it.
As I've said this book is VERY graphic, so if you don't like reading violence of any sort be really wary about picking up any Karin Slaughter book.
A lot of people are hesitant when starting this book or any Slaughter book and rightly so, I've read enough to not be affected by much but Karin still manages to make my face clench together in disgust.
Pretty Girl follows three points of view, Claire, Lydia and their father. Every one of the father's points are diary/journal entries. The family are living with the fact that the third sister, Julia has been missing since she was 19 years old, over 20 years ago. Claire and Lydia have not been a part of each others lives for a good while but new cases and a death of a loved one brings them back together - not in the way you'd think. These characters start out being really unlikable, the sisters do not get on and there's a lot of bad history, but they were written so well. I found myself being fully interested the whole way through even when there wasn't a whole lot happening.
The plot was quite straight forward, there wasn't any major plot twist I guess and I wasn't left shocked by much, usually that would bother me but I was so engrossed in these characters that I just didn't care.
It was a great, well rounded story and I think I ended up really enjoying Claire and Lydia, separately and together by the end of it.
As I've said this book is VERY graphic, so if you don't like reading violence of any sort be really wary about picking up any Karin Slaughter book.