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filthymutt's review against another edition
2.0
This book was one of the worst I have read. The plot was incredibly boring which is unfortunate since the premises is super cool. The characters were one dimensional and I didn’t like any of them. The entire book was boring up until the very last chapter which was honestly confusing and stopped abruptly. I still don’t understand the ending.
justlily's review against another edition
4.0
Well that was a trip. I have no idea what just happened here at all but it was definitely fun being confused.
hpitcher15's review against another edition
good. kind of like the uninvited movie. but was she making up debra or was she really there?
radishcake's review against another edition
3.0
I really love the premise of this book and I love the writing. My only real problem with Gail Giles is that I find that her books end abruptly. Granted, I've only read two of them, [book:Shattering Glass] & this one, but they both were all build up and then duh duh, big ending!
This one especially. I wanted to find out more about Sunny and what was going on. It's like the book ended in the middle. It's only literally the last 4 pages of the book that there is any question of the reliability of the narrator. Then to bring it back to the supernatural in the LAST SENTENCE was, I thought, kind of cheap.
I love the writing and I think she's got a great talent for making you think about the psychology of the story but I am unsatisfied with the resolution, or lack there of. :)
This one especially. I wanted to find out more about Sunny and what was going on. It's like the book ended in the middle. It's only literally the last 4 pages of the book that there is any question of the reliability of the narrator. Then to bring it back to the supernatural in the LAST SENTENCE was, I thought, kind of cheap.
I love the writing and I think she's got a great talent for making you think about the psychology of the story but I am unsatisfied with the resolution, or lack there of. :)
erinmp's review against another edition
2.0
I'm glad that this was short, because it wasn't that good. The story is kind of intriguing and I was eager to find out what happens, but the ending is less than desirable. It ends quickly, without any resolution and leaves the reader with unanswerable questions and an overwhelming feeling of confusion. I didn't really like this.
jcrawford728's review against another edition
2.0
I really don't know what to say about this one. Not crazy about it.
thekingkez's review against another edition
3.0
Honestly, the last twist sort of ruined it for me. I was completely invested with this story being about identity theft and family troubles and moving on, and then apparently Sunny was making it all up? And none of the actions or interactions ever happened? It happened really abruptly and was overly obscure in the explanation.
It felt far too sudden; not enough foreshadowing, then dump all these new twists in the last 3 pages. The "it was all a dream" trope needs to be done well, otherwise it feels like everything beforehand was just a waste of time, which is unfortunately exactly what this felt like.
Apart from that, I really enjoyed the bulk of this novel. Sunny was a bit annoying, but she is a kid and obviously biased so it didn't bother me. The reveal of information was really well done, and I was always interested to know what would happen next.
It felt far too sudden; not enough foreshadowing, then dump all these new twists in the last 3 pages. The "it was all a dream" trope needs to be done well, otherwise it feels like everything beforehand was just a waste of time, which is unfortunately exactly what this felt like.
Apart from that, I really enjoyed the bulk of this novel. Sunny was a bit annoying, but she is a kid and obviously biased so it didn't bother me. The reveal of information was really well done, and I was always interested to know what would happen next.
starrise's review against another edition
dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
impybelle's review against another edition
3.0
It's a good thing Dead Girls Don't is a short book because odds are good you're going to want to figure out what's going on quickly.
A quick skim of some of the reviews have said that people find it unbelieavble that any family would so thoroughly favor one child over the other. To you lot I say I'm happy you haven't traveled in circles where this happens. But it does (and this is a tamer version of it anyway) and that's not what makes this book unbelievable.
No, that comes at the end of the book when you realize that Sunny is definitely an unreliable narrator. You're left wondering which way to take the book.
Did Sunny cook up this whole thing in her head after her sister, Jazz, died and her family fell apart? Did a girl really come to their door pretending to be Jazz and are her parents just in deep denial about it because it means Jazz really is dead?
And why in the hell would Sunny be sending herself a letter at the end of the book? That's what gets me. I want to know what happened after _that_!
A quick skim of some of the reviews have said that people find it unbelieavble that any family would so thoroughly favor one child over the other. To you lot I say I'm happy you haven't traveled in circles where this happens. But it does (and this is a tamer version of it anyway) and that's not what makes this book unbelievable.
No, that comes at the end of the book when you realize that Sunny is definitely an unreliable narrator. You're left wondering which way to take the book.
Did Sunny cook up this whole thing in her head after her sister, Jazz, died and her family fell apart? Did a girl really come to their door pretending to be Jazz and are her parents just in deep denial about it because it means Jazz really is dead?
And why in the hell would Sunny be sending herself a letter at the end of the book? That's what gets me. I want to know what happened after _that_!
randomly_kait's review against another edition
I read this awhile back for a book discussion they had at my library. I'm not exactly sure what rating to give it though. It was crazy, at times confusing, and the end made my jaw drop, I was so not expecting it.