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A review by lyricsninja
The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood
2.0
The Wicked Girls operates through flashbacks about a childhood event and the eventual adulthood of those involved, 25 years later. During the childhood event, more specifically the age of 11, two girls are convicted of the murder of a 4 year old girl. As the novel progresses, more of the story is unfurled via flashbacks of sorts until you are left with the full events of that day. Fast forward 25 years and you have the bulk of the current story. The two girls have served their time and live entirely different lives, under different names. Unfortunately for them, they are about to meet up again where a serial killer is seemingly working around them… threatening to expose their secret.
The overall book is a pretty decent read, from a storyline standpoint. Where the book really suffers is the characters. One problem is that there really isn’t a great definition between characters. Many of them have pretty much the same attributes throughout. The slight differences are few and far between. And that could have possibly been overlooked if the majority of the characters were likable in some way. The sad reality is that almost everyone in the book is unlikable to the point of grating on your nerves. Dumb characters with way too many secrets that treat each other like crap. Its hard to give this anything more than a 2/5.
The overall book is a pretty decent read, from a storyline standpoint. Where the book really suffers is the characters. One problem is that there really isn’t a great definition between characters. Many of them have pretty much the same attributes throughout. The slight differences are few and far between. And that could have possibly been overlooked if the majority of the characters were likable in some way. The sad reality is that almost everyone in the book is unlikable to the point of grating on your nerves. Dumb characters with way too many secrets that treat each other like crap. Its hard to give this anything more than a 2/5.