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daniseif 's review for:
The Lost Girls of Camp Forevermore
by Kim Fu
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Using flashbacks only works for certain stories. This story clearly needed to be told in parts. We needed a part 1 at camp to understand the incident and get to know the girls before the trauma sets in, part 2 focusing on teenage years, and a part 3 centred on adulthood as different POVs, and then maybe an epilogue to bring them back together or connect the stories in some way.
Instead, we have barely enough time with the girls at camp before we’re launched into their teenage/adult years and hearing their traumas. There was also nothing connecting the characters outside of the flashbacks, so it felt like it was lacking important narrative and character story. Overall, the book was incredibly disjointed, lacked character development, and had horrible pacing. Didn’t care for the characters or the plot.
Instead, we have barely enough time with the girls at camp before we’re launched into their teenage/adult years and hearing their traumas. There was also nothing connecting the characters outside of the flashbacks, so it felt like it was lacking important narrative and character story. Overall, the book was incredibly disjointed, lacked character development, and had horrible pacing. Didn’t care for the characters or the plot.