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A review by pagesplotsandpints
Good Girls Don't Die by Christina Henry
3.0
Read Completed 11/18/23 | This was such a fun concept but it really fizzled after the first third, for me.
The concept of the book is that three women all find out they're a part of a "story". They're taken from their real lives and put into a wild situation. The first woman is essentially trapped inside of a cozy mystery, the second in a slasher film, and the third in a dystopian novel.
Firstly, I think the mystery behind everything was more exciting than the actual reveal itself. I was most curious in the beginning where we started with Celia's story. She discovers that she doesn't remember her life, her husband, her daughter, and nothing feels like it's actually her real life. The town is weird, the people are over-the-top, and she thinks she's being drugged. That was the most interesting part of the book! We get the full chunk of Celia's story up to the tipping point, and then we switch to the next POV and follow suit. I really wish the three POVs had been alternating because I liked Celia's part and couldn't have cared less about the second girl. The third POV was okay, but by that point, I had already felt like I had read two stories that prevented me from getting to the good part and I just wanted the book to end so I could find out what was going on.
The ending was very underwhelming for me. Toss in an evil villain, a villain speech, and a nonsensical reason to create these WILDLY detailed and expensive scenarios for random strangers ... it was just weird and not justifiable for everything that happened. I didn't buy the ending. It tied up too neatly and easily with a fizzle.
The concept of the book is that three women all find out they're a part of a "story". They're taken from their real lives and put into a wild situation. The first woman is essentially trapped inside of a cozy mystery, the second in a slasher film, and the third in a dystopian novel.
Firstly, I think the mystery behind everything was more exciting than the actual reveal itself. I was most curious in the beginning where we started with Celia's story. She discovers that she doesn't remember her life, her husband, her daughter, and nothing feels like it's actually her real life. The town is weird, the people are over-the-top, and she thinks she's being drugged. That was the most interesting part of the book! We get the full chunk of Celia's story up to the tipping point, and then we switch to the next POV and follow suit. I really wish the three POVs had been alternating because I liked Celia's part and couldn't have cared less about the second girl. The third POV was okay, but by that point, I had already felt like I had read two stories that prevented me from getting to the good part and I just wanted the book to end so I could find out what was going on.
The ending was very underwhelming for me. Toss in an evil villain, a villain speech, and a nonsensical reason to create these WILDLY detailed and expensive scenarios for random strangers ... it was just weird and not justifiable for everything that happened. I didn't buy the ending. It tied up too neatly and easily with a fizzle.