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A review by astronomy_lover15
Girl in Snow by Danya Kukafka
3.0
I was expecting this book to be a bit more intense before I started reading, but was a bit disappointed when I found it to be more...boring. That isn't to say that I didn't enjoy reading the book, I still did. I guess I wanted something more exciting.
Anyway, the story revolves around the death of golden girl Lucinda Hayes who was found murdered in an elementary school playground, found by the janitor who works there at night. As the investigation is going on the book is written in the perspectives of three characters. Cameron, a boy who loved Lucinda, probably a bit too much. Jade, a girl who hated and envied Lucinda. And Russ, a police officer tasked with investigating the murder and has a bit of a connection with Cameron and his family.
Surprising thing is that in spite of the rather questionable things these characters have done, and the personality traits that would normally turn me off from ever liking thing, I found myself not disliking them, but rather feeling sympathetic to the situation. Cameron, in particularly, is rather obsessed with Lucinda to the point of stalker-ish behavior, but giving his circumstances in life, particularly his blackout episodes, it's a bit hard for me to just automatically write him off as a creep. And Jade, I was expecting not to like her attitude because of her hatred towards Lucinda, but no I don't. I understand why she feels the way she does, and honestly, it's understandable that she doesn't like Lucinda, even if the anger can be misguided occasionally. Like Cameron, it would be a bit too easy to label her the killer since hating someone doesn't automatically mean you'd want to kill them. Russ, on the other hand, was just...there. He has his fair share of problems in life, but nothing too interesting.
I will admit that I was bit surprised by how Jade's POV is the only one written in the first POV while Cameron and Russ's were written in third POV, but it didn't throw me off too much from the story and I enjoyed it just the same.
Overall, the book did not exactly live up to my expectations, but it is one still worth reading I believe.
Anyway, the story revolves around the death of golden girl Lucinda Hayes who was found murdered in an elementary school playground, found by the janitor who works there at night. As the investigation is going on the book is written in the perspectives of three characters. Cameron, a boy who loved Lucinda, probably a bit too much. Jade, a girl who hated and envied Lucinda. And Russ, a police officer tasked with investigating the murder and has a bit of a connection with Cameron and his family.
Surprising thing is that in spite of the rather questionable things these characters have done, and the personality traits that would normally turn me off from ever liking thing, I found myself not disliking them, but rather feeling sympathetic to the situation. Cameron, in particularly, is rather obsessed with Lucinda to the point of stalker-ish behavior, but giving his circumstances in life, particularly his blackout episodes, it's a bit hard for me to just automatically write him off as a creep.
Spoiler
Also, it would be too easy to say that he was the one who murdered Lucinda, which he didn't do.I will admit that I was bit surprised by how Jade's POV is the only one written in the first POV while Cameron and Russ's were written in third POV, but it didn't throw me off too much from the story and I enjoyed it just the same.
Overall, the book did not exactly live up to my expectations, but it is one still worth reading I believe.