A review by immabehazzie
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

dark emotional inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I can’t believe that I put reading this book off for so long. I wasn’t sure what I expected, perhaps something like a podcast recounting the events described, but it wasn’t anything like that at all.

I felt disturbed, sad, angry, and so many other emotions while reading this novel. Honestly, that’s exactly how you should feel reading a book like this or hearing about crimes like the ones depicted in this story. Even though this story leads you to believe this is true crime adjacent, this novel does one things those other books, podcasts, and shows don’t do, and that’s focus on the victims and the people who love them and have to grieve them.

This story makes a point of not paying attention to the man who committed the crimes but to the women who were impacted and that is what makes it so good.
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