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A review by bekahlu
Everyone in the Group Chat Dies by L.M. Chilton
3.0
Claire "Kirby" Cornell is a young journalist with a (kind of) tumultuous past. She moves to a small town go get away from her mistakes, but only ends up making more.
This book is a page turner, for sure. By the 4th or 5th chapter I was hooked and ready to keep reading until the big reveal. The author does a great job of leaving all the breadcrumbs and clues for the reader to think they'll have it all figured out. just to throw a wrench in that later with the ending. Overall, it's well written and edited. The ending happens too quick and feels rushed. The resolution is kind of glossed over. And if you like your fiction to have a little happy ending romance to it, this isn't that. I recommend this book for people who like modern thrillers.
What bothers me about the book is the way that Claire is portrayed seems off to me. As a woman close to the age of this main character I feel that the constant references to how Gen Z is (allegedly) is targeted at a much older audience, unless it's part of the satire and I'm just not understanding. 29 is just not that old to me? Certainly not old enough to be so disconnected from the online Gen Z world as this book implies. The characters lack depth to me. Everything seems just surface level, not much deeper.
Furthermore, if you enjoy super modern pop culture references in your fiction you'll have no shortage in this book. Sometimes the word choice was lack luster, but not so much so that it takes you out of the story for very long.
This book is a page turner, for sure. By the 4th or 5th chapter I was hooked and ready to keep reading until the big reveal. The author does a great job of leaving all the breadcrumbs and clues for the reader to think they'll have it all figured out. just to throw a wrench in that later with the ending. Overall, it's well written and edited. The ending happens too quick and feels rushed. The resolution is kind of glossed over. And if you like your fiction to have a little happy ending romance to it, this isn't that. I recommend this book for people who like modern thrillers.
What bothers me about the book is the way that Claire is portrayed seems off to me. As a woman close to the age of this main character I feel that the constant references to how Gen Z is (allegedly) is targeted at a much older audience, unless it's part of the satire and I'm just not understanding. 29 is just not that old to me? Certainly not old enough to be so disconnected from the online Gen Z world as this book implies. The characters lack depth to me. Everything seems just surface level, not much deeper.
Furthermore, if you enjoy super modern pop culture references in your fiction you'll have no shortage in this book. Sometimes the word choice was lack luster, but not so much so that it takes you out of the story for very long.