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A review by krystlocity
Dead Girl Walking by Linda Joy Singleton
2.0
I think I could say a lot of what I didn't like about this book, but that just seems a little mean-maybe it just really wasn't for me. Mainly, the characters seemed shallow to me-both in actual personality and development-the main character more than anyone else, actually, but since the reader is stuck with her, it's hard to overlook. The love story is flat and awful. Let me explain a tiny bit of plot:
Unpopular girl (Amber) has near-death experience, but whens she comes back, ends up in the wrong body, a popular girl (Leah) who previously tried to commit suicide. Leah, her family, and their hired help, were the only characters I found interesting and somewhat complex. I wanted to know more about why the hired help were the way they were, more about her little brother, and more about Leah's life in general and I was disappointed that there wasn't much closure with any of it-there wasn't a lot to tell the reader how the family ended up/continued on after the book, and I wanted to know more about them. I also felt like foreshadowing about the family was left throughout the book and never resolved. Maybe it's in the sequels...
For most of this book, I didn't really enjoy reading it. However, it is a series, and I do actually really like the premise it makes for all the rest of the books-and interesting "Quantum Leap" type idea comes up, which makes me almost want to read more of the books even though I didn't enjoy this one much. :p I'll still pick them up at a library book sale. And maybe if I do, I'll eventually find out more about Leah and her family.
Unpopular girl (Amber) has near-death experience, but whens she comes back, ends up in the wrong body, a popular girl (Leah) who previously tried to commit suicide. Leah, her family, and their hired help, were the only characters I found interesting and somewhat complex. I wanted to know more about why the hired help were the way they were, more about her little brother, and more about Leah's life in general and I was disappointed that there wasn't much closure with any of it-there wasn't a lot to tell the reader how the family ended up/continued on after the book, and I wanted to know more about them. I also felt like foreshadowing about the family was left throughout the book and never resolved. Maybe it's in the sequels...
For most of this book, I didn't really enjoy reading it. However, it is a series, and I do actually really like the premise it makes for all the rest of the books-and interesting "Quantum Leap" type idea comes up, which makes me almost want to read more of the books even though I didn't enjoy this one much. :p I'll still pick them up at a library book sale. And maybe if I do, I'll eventually find out more about Leah and her family.