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A review by soobooksalot
The Girls Are All So Nice Here by L.E. Flynn
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
"I don't know if it's disgusting or impressive that girls can do that for each other. That we can achieve that level of deceit in the name of sisterhood."
For me, The Girls Are All So Nice Here has Heathers vibes without the satire.
Someone died at Wesleyan University 14 years ago. And someone knows how it really happened.
A reunion invitation is accompanied by a note sent to three people who were involved with the deceased, stating "we need to talk about what we did that night".
Chapters alternate between "then" and "now", chronicling the toxic friendship between Ambrosia Wellington and Sloane Sullivan, aka Sully, during their time at Wesleyan and at the reunion.
Manipulation, lies, power through sex, and distortion through it all with the party substances of youth make up the story.
It's tense, it's taut, it's awful and it's fantastic reading.
These are not girls you want to be, or be friends with, but you can't look away.
I'll definitely be picking up whatever Canadian author Laurie Elizabeth Flynn writes next, assuming it's in the same dark vein as this one. Recommended!
For me, The Girls Are All So Nice Here has Heathers vibes without the satire.
Someone died at Wesleyan University 14 years ago. And someone knows how it really happened.
A reunion invitation is accompanied by a note sent to three people who were involved with the deceased, stating "we need to talk about what we did that night".
Chapters alternate between "then" and "now", chronicling the toxic friendship between Ambrosia Wellington and Sloane Sullivan, aka Sully, during their time at Wesleyan and at the reunion.
Manipulation, lies, power through sex, and distortion through it all with the party substances of youth make up the story.
It's tense, it's taut, it's awful and it's fantastic reading.
These are not girls you want to be, or be friends with, but you can't look away.
I'll definitely be picking up whatever Canadian author Laurie Elizabeth Flynn writes next, assuming it's in the same dark vein as this one. Recommended!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Suicidal thoughts, and Sexual content
Minor: Rape and Self harm