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tsubibo 's review for:
All These Beautiful Strangers
by Elizabeth Klehfoth
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A really decent YA thriller. A typical one, but not in the bad way (or maybe i've just read too much bad ones that this seems good)
writing is okay. Tbh nothing notable, it was fine. The dialogue (esp. between teens). It was so horribly obvious that this was written around the 2018 era of ooohhhh im such a savage... PUUUUKKKEEEE! There are three perspectives in this book; Charlie, and her parents. I liked the parents' chapters in general, they felt like the perfect length and gave just the right amount of info. The present timeline with Charlie was a little bit slow on the action but idm because I read it pretty quickly even though it's 500 pages long. I think it could've been 440 pages because towards the end there some points kept being repeated which dulled the experience by just a little, but it was okay.
The characters are your typical rich boarding school stereotypes. They're all a bit cringe. The mc is a bitch and I kinda liked that. Her "growth" centers around the fact that she is not her own person (tbh no one is when they're 17), because everyone will always see her as the one with the scandalous parents (her mom being dead and her father owning some huge company, aww poor you). Although, this is more told to the reader as opposed to being shown. The other characters were hard to differentiate. Not much to say, forgettable, idc for them. But I do wish that I got to see Charlie's full character development. While it does show her realizing what she needs to be a better person and acting on it (once), it doesn't show the after because Charlie just tells you. Kind of lame but it's YA so you should know better.
The plot sounds like it was slightly inspired by Pretty Little Liars, but not the same. Its messy and messy is fun (in y/a). There is a romance subplot but tbh it's nothing you should care about, or at least I didn't. I liked the juggle between the parent plot and Charlie's mission to be a part of her school's "vigilante" group. However, I did feel like at times that the parent plot overshadowed Charlie's, but it's whatever since it all comes together anyway. The big reveal at the end only becomes obvious once you've learned about a certain character,Margot . Also that Leo thing... gross
writing is okay. Tbh nothing notable, it was fine. The dialogue (esp. between teens). It was so horribly obvious that this was written around the 2018 era of ooohhhh im such a savage... PUUUUKKKEEEE! There are three perspectives in this book; Charlie, and her parents. I liked the parents' chapters in general, they felt like the perfect length and gave just the right amount of info. The present timeline with Charlie was a little bit slow on the action but idm because I read it pretty quickly even though it's 500 pages long. I think it could've been 440 pages because towards the end there some points kept being repeated which dulled the experience by just a little, but it was okay.
The characters are your typical rich boarding school stereotypes. They're all a bit cringe. The mc is a bitch and I kinda liked that. Her "growth" centers around the fact that she is not her own person (tbh no one is when they're 17), because everyone will always see her as the one with the scandalous parents (her mom being dead and her father owning some huge company, aww poor you). Although, this is more told to the reader as opposed to being shown. The other characters were hard to differentiate. Not much to say, forgettable, idc for them. But I do wish that I got to see Charlie's full character development. While it does show her realizing what she needs to be a better person and acting on it (once), it doesn't show the after because Charlie just tells you. Kind of lame but it's YA so you should know better.
The plot sounds like it was slightly inspired by Pretty Little Liars, but not the same. Its messy and messy is fun (in y/a). There is a romance subplot but tbh it's nothing you should care about, or at least I didn't. I liked the juggle between the parent plot and Charlie's mission to be a part of her school's "vigilante" group. However, I did feel like at times that the parent plot overshadowed Charlie's, but it's whatever since it all comes together anyway. The big reveal at the end only becomes obvious once you've learned about a certain character,