The Girl Who Stopped Swimming by Joshilyn Jackson

The Girl Who Stopped Swimming

Joshilyn Jackson

311 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction mystery dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Description

Laurel Gray Hawthorne needs to make things pretty. Coming from a family with a literal skeleton in their closet, she's developed this talent all her life, whether helping her willful mother to smooth over the reality of her family's ugly past, or ...

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Community Reviews Summary of 565 reviews

Moods

mysterious 100%
dark 57%
emotional 57%
sad 28%
adventurous 14%
tense 14%

Pace

medium 71%
slow 14%
fast 14%

Plot- or character-driven?

Plot: 60% | A mix: 20% | Character: 20%

Strong character development?

Yes: 75% | No: 25%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 40% | Yes: 40% | No: 20%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 60% | Yes: 40%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 100%

Average rating

3.41

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