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A review by kaitlynp57
Bad Girls Never Say Die by Jennifer Mathieu
3.0
thank you netgalley, jennifer mathieu, and macmillan children’s publishing group for providing me with an arc of this novel in exchange for an honest review. i was initially interested in this book because of moxie, which has been on my tbr for years. i became even more excited finding out it was a retelling of “the outsiders” – but i feel like it fell flat in that aspect.
this isn’t a bad book by any means and has some unique qualities to it. however, it did seem predictable while reading, and i never became fully engaged in the story. the writing was fine, but the characters seemed average and the pacing was slow. there was one point in the middle where i considered stopping it, but the ending held a couple of twists so i’m glad i continued.
i feel like my main issue with this one was that i felt a bit… old for it. it had important themes such as sexual assault and how women were treated and seen in the sixties, but it also seemed like it was meant for the younger end of the young adult section. i appreciated evie’s friendships and learning more about diane (who was my favorite character) as well as the world mathieu built.
3 stars, not bad, but maybe just not for me.
this isn’t a bad book by any means and has some unique qualities to it. however, it did seem predictable while reading, and i never became fully engaged in the story. the writing was fine, but the characters seemed average and the pacing was slow. there was one point in the middle where i considered stopping it, but the ending held a couple of twists so i’m glad i continued.
i feel like my main issue with this one was that i felt a bit… old for it. it had important themes such as sexual assault and how women were treated and seen in the sixties, but it also seemed like it was meant for the younger end of the young adult section. i appreciated evie’s friendships and learning more about diane (who was my favorite character) as well as the world mathieu built.
3 stars, not bad, but maybe just not for me.