Pretty Girls: A Psychological Thriller Novel Exploring Secrets and Lies Among Sisters
Lee Child says itâs âstunning⌠certain to be a book of the year.â
Kathy Reichs calls it âextraordinary⌠a major achievement.â
Gillian Flynn says of Karin Slaughter: âIâd follow her anywhere.â
Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.
More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydiaâs teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. The two women have not spoken since, and now their lives could not be more different. Claire is the glamorous trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire. Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. But neither has recovered from the horror and heartbreak of their shared lossâa devastating wound that's cruelly ripped open when Claire's husband is killed.
The disappearance of a teenage girl and the murder of a middle-aged man, almost a quarter-century apart: what could connect them? Forming a wary truce, the surviving sisters look to the past to find the truth, unearthing the secrets that destroyed their family all those years ago . . . and uncovering the possibility of redemption, and revenge, where they least expect it.
Powerful, poignant, and utterly gripping, packed with indelible characters and unforgettable twists, Pretty Girls is a masterful novel from one of the finest writers working today.
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But wow what a story.
This was an entertaining over all BUTâÂÂŚ. BUT I felt it dragged on A LOT. She had wayy too many description, someone called it âÂÂliterary whiplashâ and I totally agree.
I know a lot of the people didnâÂÂt like the whole torture porn angle of this, so if you are squeamish and arenâÂÂt into that type of thrillerâÂÂŚ please skip. ThereâÂÂs scenes embedded in my mind I will not forget. Think Hostel movies!
Characters:
I enjoyed them not gonna lie. I liked learning about them but the dads to me was the most heartbreaking. I teared a few times because I could feel his anguish and pain. But I felt I never really care for the other characters? We never got the momâÂÂs perspective and I feel this book really needed that perspective. I also feel we should have gotten JuliaâÂÂs POV as that was super important.
Was it a wild ride? Sure but the reason I canâÂÂt rate it any higher was because this book wanted to be serious but we had to suspend disbelief for soo many things that just didnt make sense to me. This book could have easily been condensed to like 300 not almost 500 pages. Anyway if this book was going to be a silly trashy thriller and it knew that, then I would have totally rated it higher, but it wasnâÂÂt and I felt this book had potential to be a solid 4-4.5âÂÂï¸Â
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