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A review by bethniamh
The St. Ambrose School for Girls by Jessica Ward
1.0
Many thanks to NetGalley and Little, Brown Book Group for a digital ARC in exchange for a review.
This really didn't work for me. Far too much of the book was taken up by lengthy descriptions of things that didn't need to be lingered on, or hypothetical events imagined by the MC. Most of the book was set-up for the main event promised early on; this didn't happen until the 80% mark and ended up feeling very rushed. I get the impression the author was trying to build suspense, but there was so little actual evidence for the assumptions the MC was making that it just made me bored and frustrated.
The treatment of mental illness really didn't sit right with me, to the point where I found it borderline offensive and outright harmful at times. None of the characters felt well developed - Greta and 'Strots' in particular felt like complete stereotypes and I felt very little sympathy towards the MC. I ended up skimming through lots of the book without feeling like I was missing anything important.
This really didn't work for me. Far too much of the book was taken up by lengthy descriptions of things that didn't need to be lingered on, or hypothetical events imagined by the MC. Most of the book was set-up for the main event promised early on; this didn't happen until the 80% mark and ended up feeling very rushed. I get the impression the author was trying to build suspense, but there was so little actual evidence for the assumptions the MC was making that it just made me bored and frustrated.
The treatment of mental illness really didn't sit right with me, to the point where I found it borderline offensive and outright harmful at times. None of the characters felt well developed - Greta and 'Strots' in particular felt like complete stereotypes and I felt very little sympathy towards the MC. I ended up skimming through lots of the book without feeling like I was missing anything important.