A review by antimony
Dead Girls Can't Tell Secrets by Chelsea Ichaso

fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

ah, ya thrillers! they are a very. i don't actually know how to describe it. consistent? genre. i usually enjoy them and even when they're bad they're not <i> wretched </i>. they're typically fun, and they're not bound to moods for me the way some genres are — i don't need to be in a ya thriller mood to enjoy one.

i grabbed this at the library with only the barest glance at the back assuming it would be silly fun and it wasn't boring by any means but it was not thrilling, it was not engaging like i hoped it would be. this is a "me" 2-star rating, not an objective one.

piper sullivan, star of the journalism club, science prodigy, favorite child, had a horrible fall at a local hiking spot morbidly known as "suicide point" a month ago, and she's been in a coma ever since. her older sister, savannah, feels horrible about it all — she was not exactly the best sister to piper, always feeling slighted by her achievements, and what if she's part of the reason piper fell? and then she finds a suspicious note in piper's locker about a special meeting for their school's survival club, and realizes that someone may have pushed her...

i think my chief issue with this book was that i could not stand savannah. every decision she made annoyed me and she was much too quick to confront people and was. not so good at solving the mystery. mostly i was SO annoyed at her
confronting mr davis at the end of the hike
because why would she do that????????? why not just lie to him??? i never cared about her or piper and the pacing was so strange...and maybe it's because I'm from the city but i can't fathom this club being at a real high school anyway.
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