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Reckless Girls: A Novel by Rachel Hawkins

45 reviews

kimveach's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A quick-paced thriller with a couple of surprises.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

vanella's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Blood, Cannibalism, Stalking, Car accident, Gaslighting, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

justreads93's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Couldn’t put it down! Every twist and turn has me eager to know more and figure out how it was going to end!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Drug use and Terminal illness

ewarde's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was a thrilling ride start to finish. She incorporates flashbacks of how these people came together, so you truly feel like a part of their group as the mystery slowly unravels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Violence

Moderate: Gun violence and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, and Toxic friendship

svangleboyer's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Reckless Girls is a great thriller with some interesting twists that I did not see coming, intriguing characters, and a fantastic plot that I couldn't put down until I finished.
 
Rachel Hawkins does a great job building up the tension through the novel though it is a little bit slow in some places.  I love the descriptions and felt like I was right there on Merone Island with the characters.  I really enjoyed the theme of strong women who have overcome tragedy seen throughout the novel.  I also loved the plot twists because there were a couple, I DID NOT suspect which is always nice to find.

I didn't like all the characters, but I did find them to be well-developed and enjoyed seeing all the various flaws each one had.  I also really enjoyed learning all their different backstories throughout the novel.  

I highly recommend Reckless Girls to thriller fans, to anyone who likes themes of strong women, and/or anyone looking for a good "locked room mystery" just set on an island instead of a building.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Classism

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

Minor: Car accident

kshertz's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

This was a good mysterious thriller! There’s some parts that are slightly eye rolling because people just need to talk for like 5 minutes and clear this up but otherwise, it’s a cool setting on the island. There’s a ton of twists and turns and I was interested in how it was going to end!

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcoholism, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

twistykris's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Infidelity, Death of parent, and Alcohol

oflifeandstuff's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

Kind of disappointing.. there was a lot of repetition and stuff that didn’t really make sense. I also thought it was a shame that there wasn’t a single character I wanted to root for. Robby was unnecessary and the island didn’t feel creepy until the last couple of chapters because the flashbacks were kind of random

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Terminal illness and Car accident

vivboyd98's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Toxic friendship

booksnbones13's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol