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A review by jbrooks124
Such a Quiet Place by Megan Miranda
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
I felt like this book was just... fine.
Join me as we meet Harper and the rest of the Hollow's Edge community, a group of neighbors who are way too enmeshed in each other's lives. Harper seems to be on the outer edge of the group, constantly peering in and desperately craving the acceptance of the others, willing to do whatever she feels is necessary to gain it. At no point in this book did I feel like Harper had any true personality or motivations, other than wanting to be part of "the gang", until it was scary and maybe she thought she should back off? Except again, even at that point she wasn't sure she wanted out.
Everyone in the neighborhood has essentially conspired to make sure Ruby, Harper's housemate, is locked away for the murder of the Truetts. The sightings of Ruby and her timeline just add up, after all. But of course, it comes out that the entire neighborhood was just providing the police with trickles of the truth, and hiding what they thought would muddy the waters and divert attention from who was obviously the murderer.
I get that the book is looking back at the arrest of Ruby (not told in the present), and that the police could only work with what they knew, but it seemed like it wasn't too hard to tell that the entire neighborhood was withholding information or lying, depending on the person. It's pretty wild to me that bumbling Harper was the person to figure out what really happened. All in all, not my favorite Miranda book so far.
Join me as we meet Harper and the rest of the Hollow's Edge community, a group of neighbors who are way too enmeshed in each other's lives. Harper seems to be on the outer edge of the group, constantly peering in and desperately craving the acceptance of the others, willing to do whatever she feels is necessary to gain it. At no point in this book did I feel like Harper had any true personality or motivations, other than wanting to be part of "the gang", until it was scary and maybe she thought she should back off? Except again, even at that point she wasn't sure she wanted out.
Everyone in the neighborhood has essentially conspired to make sure Ruby, Harper's housemate, is locked away for the murder of the Truetts. The sightings of Ruby and her timeline just add up, after all. But of course, it comes out that the entire neighborhood was just providing the police with trickles of the truth, and hiding what they thought would muddy the waters and divert attention from who was obviously the murderer.
I get that the book is looking back at the arrest of Ruby (not told in the present), and that the police could only work with what they knew, but it seemed like it wasn't too hard to tell that the entire neighborhood was withholding information or lying, depending on the person. It's pretty wild to me that bumbling Harper was the person to figure out what really happened. All in all, not my favorite Miranda book so far.