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A review by booksbytheglass
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
do you know when you’re watching a terrible horror movie and you’re literally screaming at the television screen to see if the MCs will listen to you instead of being their dumb ass selves?
yeah, that’s basically how this one went. 😬
as soon as nico practically blackmailed and gaslighted his girlfriend lux to take two strangers sailing on his boat to a DESERT REMOTE ISLAND, I said uh uh these people cannot be this dense.
dense would be a nice word to describe the brain cells between all six of the main characters.
while I will admit that there were a few twists that I didn’t see coming, they didn’t pack a punch for me. the characters were inconsistent in their ways of lying so by the time the twists came, I wasn’t even sure who was telling the truth.
I absolutely loved the picturesque slightly spooky island off the coast of hawaii! it made me want to sail out there ASAP (except I definitely wouldn’t pick a rumored haunted one with no cell service 🥴🥴🥴)
the ending was as much of a left down for me as the rest of the book was, and the only redeeming quality for me was how quick and easy the chapters were to read. I read this one in like three hours!!!
if you’re into an easy cheesy thriller, I would definitely recommend this. otherwise, I’d mark it as a skip.
rating: 2 stars
wine pairing: hawaiian sweet pineapple wine
yeah, that’s basically how this one went. 😬
as soon as nico practically blackmailed and gaslighted his girlfriend lux to take two strangers sailing on his boat to a DESERT REMOTE ISLAND, I said uh uh these people cannot be this dense.
dense would be a nice word to describe the brain cells between all six of the main characters.
while I will admit that there were a few twists that I didn’t see coming, they didn’t pack a punch for me. the characters were inconsistent in their ways of lying so by the time the twists came, I wasn’t even sure who was telling the truth.
I absolutely loved the picturesque slightly spooky island off the coast of hawaii! it made me want to sail out there ASAP (except I definitely wouldn’t pick a rumored haunted one with no cell service 🥴🥴🥴)
the ending was as much of a left down for me as the rest of the book was, and the only redeeming quality for me was how quick and easy the chapters were to read. I read this one in like three hours!!!
if you’re into an easy cheesy thriller, I would definitely recommend this. otherwise, I’d mark it as a skip.
rating: 2 stars
wine pairing: hawaiian sweet pineapple wine
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gaslighting, Grief, and Death of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse