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kdlamb27 's review for:
Pretty Girls
by Karin Slaughter
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Certain parts of this book were so hard for me to read. I think this is why I like to stick with Fantasy for the most part because when there’s some magical/mystical element… It’s all make-believe. With this story, even though it is fiction, there’s that element of “but it could happen.”
Somehow this book both dragged on and delivered twisty plot lines that kept me engaged. I’m happy for the ending Lydia and Claire got but I would have loved to have seen more of a showdown between Claire and Paul in the end.
My biggest question though, and honestly, the biggest plot hole, is why did Paul and his father do this at all? It’s easy to chop it up and just say oh he’s a psychopath but what led to such sadistic behavior? I wish the book would’ve leaned into that a little bit more.
Somehow this book both dragged on and delivered twisty plot lines that kept me engaged. I’m happy for the ending Lydia and Claire got but I would have loved to have seen more of a showdown between Claire and Paul in the end.
My biggest question though, and honestly, the biggest plot hole, is why did Paul and his father do this at all? It’s easy to chop it up and just say oh he’s a psychopath but what led to such sadistic behavior? I wish the book would’ve leaned into that a little bit more.