A review by thekingkez
Dead Girls Don't Write Letters by Gail Giles
3.0
Honestly, the last twist sort of ruined it for me. I was completely invested with this story being about identity theft and family troubles and moving on, and then apparently Sunny was making it all up? And none of the actions or interactions ever happened? It happened really abruptly and was overly obscure in the explanation.
It felt far too sudden; not enough foreshadowing, then dump all these new twists in the last 3 pages. The "it was all a dream" trope needs to be done well, otherwise it feels like everything beforehand was just a waste of time, which is unfortunately exactly what this felt like.
Apart from that, I really enjoyed the bulk of this novel. Sunny was a bit annoying, but she is a kid and obviously biased so it didn't bother me. The reveal of information was really well done, and I was always interested to know what would happen next.
It felt far too sudden; not enough foreshadowing, then dump all these new twists in the last 3 pages. The "it was all a dream" trope needs to be done well, otherwise it feels like everything beforehand was just a waste of time, which is unfortunately exactly what this felt like.
Apart from that, I really enjoyed the bulk of this novel. Sunny was a bit annoying, but she is a kid and obviously biased so it didn't bother me. The reveal of information was really well done, and I was always interested to know what would happen next.