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A review by paulabrandon
The Flower Girls by Alice Clark-Platts
1.0
Wow, what a boring, stupid, utterly pointless book this was.
Rosie (6) and Laurel (10) became known as the Flower Girls after they were charged with the death of a two year old girl. Rosie was too young to stand trial, but Laurel was found guilty and sent to juvenile detention. Nineteen years later, she is still in prison. Rosie and her parents were given new identities and moved away.
Rosie now lives under the name Hazel Archer. She is in a loving relationship with Jonny. They are staying at a hotel for Hazel's birthday, and New Year. When a five year old girl at the hotel goes missing, it doesn't take long for people to figure out Hazel's real identity, and the past she has tried to avoid comes rushing back.
I didn't enjoy this at all. There were too many characters, half of which didn't need to be there. Could somebody tell me what exactly was the point of all the chapters devoted to Joanne Denton (the aunt of the little girl Rosie and Laurel killed)? WHY WAS SHE THERE? Her storyline achieved absolutely nothing other than to take up word space. It was insulting.
This pointlessness even extends to the detective who investigates the disappearance of the girl at the hotel. At the end of the day it's basically, "Nothing to see here, let's move on," because her superior just tells her to forget about it. The book tries to throw in some twists, but they don't make a great deal of sense, because we don't really know what motivated the characters to do what they did.
Character perspectives change within the same paragraph.
Really, this was such a pile of shit. I'm behind on my 2021 reading challenge because it took me so long to force myself to slog through it and finish it.
Rosie (6) and Laurel (10) became known as the Flower Girls after they were charged with the death of a two year old girl. Rosie was too young to stand trial, but Laurel was found guilty and sent to juvenile detention. Nineteen years later, she is still in prison. Rosie and her parents were given new identities and moved away.
Rosie now lives under the name Hazel Archer. She is in a loving relationship with Jonny. They are staying at a hotel for Hazel's birthday, and New Year. When a five year old girl at the hotel goes missing, it doesn't take long for people to figure out Hazel's real identity, and the past she has tried to avoid comes rushing back.
I didn't enjoy this at all. There were too many characters, half of which didn't need to be there. Could somebody tell me what exactly was the point of all the chapters devoted to Joanne Denton (the aunt of the little girl Rosie and Laurel killed)? WHY WAS SHE THERE? Her storyline achieved absolutely nothing other than to take up word space. It was insulting.
This pointlessness even extends to the detective who investigates the disappearance of the girl at the hotel. At the end of the day it's basically, "Nothing to see here, let's move on," because her superior just tells her to forget about it. The book tries to throw in some twists, but they don't make a great deal of sense, because we don't really know what motivated the characters to do what they did.
Character perspectives change within the same paragraph.
Really, this was such a pile of shit. I'm behind on my 2021 reading challenge because it took me so long to force myself to slog through it and finish it.