A review by avidreaderandgeekgirl
This Is Not a Dead Girl Story by Kate Sweeney

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

    Part of the reason I didn't enjoy this book as much as I might have, is that it was so dark, and I wasn't in the right headspace. The part of the mystery was obvious, to me, based on the content warnings at the start of the book. However, the ending was not what I expected at all.
   This book handled quite a few very heavy topics which I appreciated, but I felt like the

grooming portion was underdeveloped.

   Overall, it was a well-done book, just very dark, and with characters that were a bit unlikable. I assume the MC was supposed to be neurodivergent, but she was a sort of unclear type that might be a mishmash of neurodivergent mixed with a personality disorder or a mental illness. It was very strange. 

Narrator Rating: 3.75 stars

   The narrator did a fairly decent job narrating, but something about some of the voices she did just grated on me, the MC seemed annoying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Death, Drug use, Pedophilia, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, and Car accident

The people who are victims of child death, pedophilia, and an adult/minor relationship are teenagers, mostly 15+.