reveriesama28 's review for:

Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

4.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I enjoyed this novel looking at the victim side of true crime — the bright young women snuffed out and impacted by a well-known serial killer

that the author never names. I love that she shifts the focus away from him and to the women taken and those left behind who helped to put him away. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Confinement, Homophobia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, Sexual harassment