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A review by joyceheinen
She Started It by Sian Gilbert
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
We meet old friends Annabel, Esther, Tanya and Chloe. Adults now, they have all made a good life for themselves. All with successful careers and status. Even though they aren’t as close as when they were children, an invitation for the bachelorette party of a former classmate brings them together again. They have no idea why this girl, Poppy Greer, would invite them after not having contact with her for 10 years. But they simply can’t turn down an all-expenses-paid luxury trip to a private island in the Bahamas.
We follow the story from different perspectives: The four women invited to the bachelorette party and a young Poppy, through diary entries. This way you get to know the women better. And you also find out that the four women are all awful, selfish, materialistic bitches.
Let’s start with the things I liked about “She Started It”. I enjoyed the drama, the rich girl drama. This made this book entertaining enough for me to finish it. But that’s about it.
Most characters just make no sense. For some reason they never feel that taking this trip is a bad decision, they don’t have any remorse for what they did when they were younger, they are just too self-absorbed. What these four women did as children is just horrible, but they all believe it was them just joking around, because they were just kids. They still don’t see how awful they were back then. And these characters, besides their jobs and social life, were exactly the same.
Very early on I the book I had an idea of what the intention of this trip was and what the big reveal was going to be. Which is okay. If it later turns out to be something completely different and surprising, that’s just great. But it’s really a bummer when it turns out to be exactly that. And it was written as if it was supposed to be this big surprise reveal or shocking twist. Well, it’s not. There are enough hints in the book that should help you figure it out way before it’s revealed.
Even though the drama of these selfish, horrible women is entertaining, I really hated this book.
We follow the story from different perspectives: The four women invited to the bachelorette party and a young Poppy, through diary entries. This way you get to know the women better. And you also find out that the four women are all awful, selfish, materialistic bitches.
Let’s start with the things I liked about “She Started It”. I enjoyed the drama, the rich girl drama. This made this book entertaining enough for me to finish it. But that’s about it.
Most characters just make no sense. For some reason they never feel that taking this trip is a bad decision, they don’t have any remorse for what they did when they were younger, they are just too self-absorbed. What these four women did as children is just horrible, but they all believe it was them just joking around, because they were just kids. They still don’t see how awful they were back then. And these characters, besides their jobs and social life, were exactly the same.
Very early on I the book I had an idea of what the intention of this trip was and what the big reveal was going to be. Which is okay. If it later turns out to be something completely different and surprising, that’s just great. But it’s really a bummer when it turns out to be exactly that. And it was written as if it was supposed to be this big surprise reveal or shocking twist. Well, it’s not. There are enough hints in the book that should help you figure it out way before it’s revealed.
Even though the drama of these selfish, horrible women is entertaining, I really hated this book.