3.5
GOD I WANTED TO LOVE THIS. I think the best part abt this book is the setting and the audiobook, the rest is just okay. it reminded me so much of the game firewatch, it was literally what I thought the game would be so I loved that aspect. I just didn't really get along with the story, it was a little confusing and pointless to me. the characters were okay, pretty stereotypical millenials but it wasn't awful. all that being said I will give the second book a chance
3.5
I went into this book knowing it will be sad and it sure was, but didn't get me as much as I thought it would. I'm not really sure what exactly didn't work for me in this one, maybe the pacing was a little off, I feel like we rushed thru the pre america parts, then it got very slow and a little boring and then again the ending just flew by without letting us sit with it? don't know. I still really liked it and it's objectively a good book I just expected something more maybe.
I knew this case very well before reading but my god it still managed to piss me off all over again. the chapters from when shari was younger were so fucking sad, even at such a young age she knew her mother didn't care and I think that was the hardest part to read. these women deserve to rot in prison forever.