Reviews

The Good Girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett

borbasb's review

dark 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

5.0

secondhandpages's review against another edition

2.0

This just did not connect with me, at all. I may try to pick it up later on. DNF @ 52%

ihateprozac's review against another edition

3.0

This was such a half-arsed mystery. We never get to know the girls well enough to be invested in a murder/disappearance, and the cops are comically uninterested in solving it either. Most of the female characters blended together into one indistinguishable blur of white girl, except for Claude.

I wish this had just been a feminist book about Claude being a sex positive queen and doing whatever the fuck she wants.

finja_mrn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

emyruggiero's review against another edition

4.0

holy shit

lausbiana's review against another edition

3.0

me da mucha pena que las novelas juveniles no resuenen tanto conmigo ahora, porque esto me lo habría comido con patatas hace diez años (y es mucho menos problemático que otros libros que yo me sé)

taliatalksbooks's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

The Good Girls by Claire Eliza Bartlett was so good! I couldn’t put it down. I couldn’t put this book down from the minute I picked it up. I loved the characters and the way they interacted with one another. I also loved the way the format changed during the book from prose to texts to police interviews and even blog posts. It kept the story moving and directed your attention in a bunch of different ways that kept you guessing at what was going to be revealed when. While obviously this book deals with very heavy topics surrounding sexual assault and adults preying on minors, I thought these topics were handled well, especially with the final conclusion of the novel. These are topics that make us, as fellow women, so angry, and watching the anger of these girls play out over the pages was so refreshing and diabolical. I LOVED IT. This is easily one of the best books I’ve read this year, especially in the realm of YA mystery and suspense novels. Run, don’t walk to add this to your TBR (but check the trigger warnings first!). 

nessah's review against another edition

3.0

TW : suicide, abus, viol, pedophilie, alcool, notion d’utilisation de drogue, meurtre.

L’histoire en elle même est sympa, addictive, j’aime les chapitres où on a des interrogatoires. En soit le mystère n’est pas fou, on comprend facilement où l’autrice veut nous emmener. Dommage j’aurais voulu être surprise et j’ai attendu de l’être mais ce n’est jamais venu.
Un peu de cliché sur le personnage bisexuel c’est dommage. J’aurais voulu un peu plus d’informations sur la fin.

minabee's review against another edition

informative mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

bettydraper's review against another edition

mysterious sad fast-paced

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

4.5

it was very whiplash-y LOL