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A review by hannahbellz
The Girl Before by JP Delaney
2.0
Thought this book was unique in some ways and had potential but was poorly executed.
It switches perspectives between Emma (the girl before) and Jane, who live in a weird minimalist house for cheap rent in exchange for following hundreds of bizarre rules, such as no curtains and no books. Emma and Jane are similar in a lot of ways, so much so that I had to flip back several times to remember whose perspective I was reading. The synopsis made it clear this would be the case ("As Jane tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns, makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the same terror as the girl before.") but sometimes it resulted in reading almost the exact same thing multiple times so was a little boring. To me it just didn't quite work.
It switches perspectives between Emma (the girl before) and Jane, who live in a weird minimalist house for cheap rent in exchange for following hundreds of bizarre rules, such as no curtains and no books. Emma and Jane are similar in a lot of ways, so much so that I had to flip back several times to remember whose perspective I was reading. The synopsis made it clear this would be the case ("As Jane tries to untangle truth from lies, she unwittingly follows the same patterns, makes the same choices, crosses paths with the same people, and experiences the same terror as the girl before.") but sometimes it resulted in reading almost the exact same thing multiple times so was a little boring. To me it just didn't quite work.