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Pretty Girls
by Karin Slaughter
This is so difficult to review because while the book was really well written, it most definitely was not for me. 3.5 stars rounded up, because despite this book not being my cup of tea I cannot stop thinking about it.
Pretty Girls is incredibly graphic and gross. I can handle a lot of gruesome details, but this book was honestly just too much at certain parts. There are a few scenes that even thinking of them now after time has passed, still make me shudder/gag (I can’t elaborate because literally over half the plot is heavily tied to the gruesome details). Besides that, the concept here is pretty incredible. Super complex, although I personally found it relatively easy to figure out (if that makes sense?), the author really doesn’t leave any loose ends in this book, which was nice.
The plot follows two sisters, Claire and Lydia, who are reunited after years apart, when Claire’s husband is brutally murdered in an alley. Before this, Claire has always believed that she has a perfect life but of course the unfortunate death of her husband shines light on the not so pretty parts of her relationship with her husband, including things that she never noticed before. As the story progresses Claire starts to suspect that her husband is in some way tied to a lot of other messed up things going on, and her and her sister set off to figure out what everything could mean.
The plot is unique, the author really commits to every aspect of it. Like I said there aren’t really any loose ends, but I think she does such a good job of laying the groundwork that the story looses it’s wow factor. Not only do I easily believe the events of the story, I honestly see them coming way before the characters do. Up until a certain point, this was totally fine, I was still entertained by the story despite its predictable nature, but as the plot progresses the author relies on her gruesome and graphic details to give this story the shock that readers want from mystery/thriller novels.
It was really well written, just a little too gross and predictable for me to give a higher rating. I’ll still most likely check out other books by the author, I’ve heard this one is a little tougher on the stomach than her other works, so hopefully I’ll have better luck there!
Pretty Girls is incredibly graphic and gross. I can handle a lot of gruesome details, but this book was honestly just too much at certain parts. There are a few scenes that even thinking of them now after time has passed, still make me shudder/gag (I can’t elaborate because literally over half the plot is heavily tied to the gruesome details). Besides that, the concept here is pretty incredible. Super complex, although I personally found it relatively easy to figure out (if that makes sense?), the author really doesn’t leave any loose ends in this book, which was nice.
The plot follows two sisters, Claire and Lydia, who are reunited after years apart, when Claire’s husband is brutally murdered in an alley. Before this, Claire has always believed that she has a perfect life but of course the unfortunate death of her husband shines light on the not so pretty parts of her relationship with her husband, including things that she never noticed before. As the story progresses Claire starts to suspect that her husband is in some way tied to a lot of other messed up things going on, and her and her sister set off to figure out what everything could mean.
The plot is unique, the author really commits to every aspect of it. Like I said there aren’t really any loose ends, but I think she does such a good job of laying the groundwork that the story looses it’s wow factor. Not only do I easily believe the events of the story, I honestly see them coming way before the characters do. Up until a certain point, this was totally fine, I was still entertained by the story despite its predictable nature, but as the plot progresses the author relies on her gruesome and graphic details to give this story the shock that readers want from mystery/thriller novels.
It was really well written, just a little too gross and predictable for me to give a higher rating. I’ll still most likely check out other books by the author, I’ve heard this one is a little tougher on the stomach than her other works, so hopefully I’ll have better luck there!