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Review : Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter
Published: September 29, 2015

Sisters. Strangers. Survivors.

More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia’s 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 lossโ€”a 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.


Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful few weeks into 2018, and have decided on their Goodreads reading goals (mine is 50 books for 2018) and are well on your way to reaching that goal. I for some reason decided to try and start my year with….a suspense/thriller, which is a bit interesting.

I have to say this book kind of fell flat for me but somehow kept me entertained. I HATED mostly everyone except Lydia. I found Claire to be obnoxious, and I kind of knew what was going to be happening as I kept reading. I just couldn’t get invested into the story because my dislike for Claire. Also, I found that a lot of the scenes were a bit unnerving. Like some seriously graphic scenes that made me feel a bit uncomfortable.

I somehow found myself continuing reading though. It was a really weird reading experience to be honest.ย  If you’re okay with some really graphic stuff, I’d say this is a good thriller for you, but I guess it wasn’t for me.

 

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