janhillary 's review for:

Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Nature vs. nurture really come out to play where Ani is concerned. A lifetime's worth of invalidation, judgement, and disregard for one's traumas is more likely to leave them damaged than not, so of course building layers upon layers of protection feels like the safest thing to do. It's saddening how real this character's development seemed to be until I finished the last chapter and continued on to read What I Know, written and published by Jessica Knoll post-Luckiest Girl Alive, and I commend her strength.

Please look into trigger warnings before picking this up.