A review by chelseas_reads
One of the Girls by Lucy Clarke

4.0

at this point, everyone should know that i struggle with large casts. (anything over 3 is a mission). this book has 6. luckily, everyone was well thought-out and had their own personalities, so that i had no problem telling them apart. (a real shocker. iā€™m impressed i didnā€™t struggle with it!)

while each character was so vastly different from the next, i found that the ones i loved in the beginning were insufferable by the midway point. it wasnā€™t until the very last chapter where they were somewhat likeable again. iā€™m not sure if that was the authors intention, as a way to make you doubt everyone, but i really hated it. i wanted to like everyone.

while this book is a thriller (iā€™m not sure how. there was nothing thrilling to it, except one chapter towards the end), i found that not a lot actually happened until the very end. the writing style (mostly the short chapters) made it a quick and easy read.

although not a lot really happened, i loved the ending. it was wholly unexpected. i do feel like things after the event were a bit too easy, as no one had any consequences for what happened.

overall, it was a quick read with a well rounded group of people. if youā€™re into ā€œthrillersā€ set in a nice holiday location, i highly recommend this one for you.