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A review by questsandcrimes
The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters
4.0
3.5/5
The premise of this book had me hooked from the start. A friend group calls themselves the Dead Girls Club. They hang out, talk about murderers and murdered girls, and have seances. As per usual 90’s shenanigans. However, when Becca brings the tale of the Red Lady to the group things quickly get out of hand.
Nearly 30 years later Heather (former Dead Girl and Becca’s best friend), received a necklace in the mail that sends her spiraling out of control. She never told anyone what happened to Becca the summer of the Red Lady. Heather killed Becca that summer.
I love a story told in two time lines. The problem was I was much more excited for the 1991 timeline/coming of age tale. The “present day” timeline was so repetitive. I get it, there’s traffic in Maryland. However, the 1991 portion adequately describes girl group dynamics and addresses a lot of hard topics. It also felt very the crucible at times, it was wild.
Here’s the biggest let down. The big twist came out of absolutely no where. I love to be surprised. I WANT to be surprised, but this came entirely out of left field.
Final thoughts: I liked this book. I would recommend this book. Part Bloody Mary, part Slenderman, it was a lot of fun. Minus that anvil drop at the end.
The premise of this book had me hooked from the start. A friend group calls themselves the Dead Girls Club. They hang out, talk about murderers and murdered girls, and have seances. As per usual 90’s shenanigans. However, when Becca brings the tale of the Red Lady to the group things quickly get out of hand.
Nearly 30 years later Heather (former Dead Girl and Becca’s best friend), received a necklace in the mail that sends her spiraling out of control. She never told anyone what happened to Becca the summer of the Red Lady. Heather killed Becca that summer.
I love a story told in two time lines. The problem was I was much more excited for the 1991 timeline/coming of age tale. The “present day” timeline was so repetitive. I get it, there’s traffic in Maryland. However, the 1991 portion adequately describes girl group dynamics and addresses a lot of hard topics. It also felt very the crucible at times, it was wild.
Here’s the biggest let down. The big twist came out of absolutely no where. I love to be surprised. I WANT to be surprised, but this came entirely out of left field.
Final thoughts: I liked this book. I would recommend this book. Part Bloody Mary, part Slenderman, it was a lot of fun. Minus that anvil drop at the end.