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Under the Bridge by Rebecca Godfrey

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annisa_anggiana's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

3.5

jacmarrs's review against another edition

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4.0

This was my first nonfiction true crime book. After I finished it, I looked up the "main characters" on google and I think that really made it real to me. It wasn't just a story, but was actually true. In 1998, a bunch on young teenage girls got together and beat up another girl so badly that she died. All to teach her a lesson. Many participated in the beatings, but did stop at a certain point. However, in the end, one girl and one boy followed the beat up girl and drowned her. It is still unbelievable to me how the boy even ended up in the situation. It had nothing to do with him at all, he happened by it, and ran to the confrontation and became involved.
The girl who was involved in the murder hired the best defense attorneys who almost got her off from all charges. She had absolutely no remorse whatsoever and felt that the world owed her everything. She brutally murdered another girl and never thought about it again. Somehow, it wasn't her fault.
In the end she was convicted of first degree murder and from what I can tell is thankfully still in jail.
It was intense!

sierablane's review against another edition

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dark sad slow-paced

1.0

I feel like Rebecca Godfrey actually just wanted to write based on Reena Virk’s murder. Or more accurately, the people responsible for her murder. And I wish she’d done that instead. Reena somehow became a background character in her own story and that’s really a shame