A review by pulp_fiction_books
They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman

2.0

My first thought whilst reading this was how similar it felt to a Karen M. McManus book, so if you're a fan of her there's definitely something here for you, although I prefer almost all McManus work more than this. A couple of reasons being... Firstly, the pacing was quite poor, the first half of  was very lackluster and really left me wanting anything to happen. There's is also zero  in here, we're dealing with a death that's happened before our story begins and from there you never feel anyone is ever in any danger which really negated any sense of tension. Also the 'Who' element of this was extremely obvious from very early on and you're just waiting for the protagonist to get to the realisation and that doesn't happen until very late on.  There's some good social commentary touched on regarding privilege and stature but it is just surface level and never really gets delved into.