tcjulez 's review for:

Such Quiet Girls by Noelle W. Ihli

3.75

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Some stories hit harder because they could so easily be true. Inspired by the real-life Chowchilla kidnapping, Such Quiet Girls captures the raw terror of being trapped, buried, and forgotten.

Ten children and their bus driver never make it home. Locked in a steel container underground, every breath is borrowed, every moment a countdown. For Jessa—the driver who’s already lost a daughter—the fear is unbearable. She can’t lose these kids too. She won’t.

This isn’t just a thriller; it’s a story about guilt, courage, and the fragile thread of hope that keeps people alive when the world has literally closed in around them. Nicole Ihli makes you feel the walls pressing closer, the air thinning, the helpless silence of children waiting for someone to save them.

IhlI doesn’t just tell a survival story—she makes you live it.