A review by suchareader_
The Hanging Girl by Eileen Cook

4.0

NON-SPOILER BOOK REVIEW OF : The Hanging Girl by Eileen Cook
I also posted my review of this book in my book blog : thereadingdove.wordpress.com

“Once people had the bright light on you, they started to notice the cracks and imperfections. It was better to stay in the shadows – safer” – Eileen Cook, The Hanging Girl

Do you believe in fortune tellers or Tarot card readers? If yes, then you have to read this book. I would like to thank NETGALLEY & HMH Book Group for approving my request and for sending an E-arc copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. The first time I saw this on NETGALLEY, I didn’t hesitate to check it out because; 1. The book cover is so gorgeous and it gives me some mystery/thriller vibes, 2. It’s an Eileen Cook book y’all! She’s the author of WITH MALICE (I haven’t read the book yet but I’ve heard so many great things about it ever since I saw it in one of my fave booktuber’s vid. So I definitely want to check it out). 3. I’m into YA Mystery nowadays y’all.
Skye Thorne; she’s a fake psychic and she’s been doing tarot card readings just for fun. She and her best friend Drew are getting ready for college and they’ve been planning to go to New York together. But the problem is that Skye haven’t saved up for New York. Then one day the most popular girl in their school went missing. Skye had visions about the missing girl named Paige the daughter of the judge. But those visions were fake too, but it actually lead to where do the missing girl went. Things get messed up and Skye was now involved in a crime investigation.

So our main protagonist Skye Thorne, she’s cunning and wise when it comes to her fake psychic business. She’s struggling with her plans for college because she doesn’t have the money. She was also having trouble with her Mother who thinks that their family had the talent for psychic stuffs. She tried so hard to achieve her plans with her best friend to go to New York but she risked herself by doing it. Then we have Paige the missing girl, she also have her own POV in the book where she narrates her situation as a hostage. I find her character smart and cunning, but I feel pity for her. Because in her POV she described her life as a popular girl, she can have whatever she wants because her family was rich but she can’t have her father’s love. Then Drew the ever supportive best friend of Skye.

The story has so many plot twists and I was so thrilled that I can’t stop reading it. The story involves murder and as a reader you’re excited to know who the killer is. At this point I was a bit disappointed when the real murderer was revealed. I was expecting something more exciting and thrilling unveiling of the real murderer in the story. Somehow I find it predictable at the end when the murderer was finally revealed. But I really like the plot and its thrilling plot twists. The pacing of the book was good & fast, also the ending was ok but It felt flat for me. There are little amount of violence in the book where one of the characters harmed herself/was harmed. There’s a presence of LGBT in the story. There is no romance in this book and it was ok for me even though I’m a big fan YA books with a small or big amount of romance. This book teaches us to deal with problems that we risked ourselves in; it also teaches us to accept and understand the people around us for who they are. All in all, I really did enjoy reading this book even tho I was a little bit disappointed with it. I really enjoyed every thrilling part of the story and I still highly recommend this to everyone who loves YA Mystery books.

My rating for this book is

🌟🌟🌟🌟 3.9/5 stars

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