The Broken Girls
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Average rating4
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Ratings49
Average rating4
THEY WON'T FORGIVE. THEY WON'T FORGET. 'Clever and wonderfully chilling. It held me hostage' - Fiona Barton, Sunday Times-bestselling author of The Widow and The Child 'Haunting and memorable . . . mesmerizing' - Karen Dionne, author of The Marsh King's Daughter 1950 - At the crumbling Idlewild Hall school for unwanted girls, four room-mates begin to bond over dark secrets and whispered fears - until one of them mysteriously disappears . . . 2014 - Journalist Fiona Sheridan can't get over the murder of her sister twenty years ago, near the ruins of Idlewild. And when another body is found during renovations of the school, she begins to uncover horrors that were meant to remain hidden - and a voice that won't be silenced. For fans of Lisa Jewell and S.K. Tremayne, The Broken Girls is a chilling story of murder, revenge, and secrets that refuse to stay buried . . .
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Simone St. James is a national treasure! Every time I read a new book of hers it becomes my new favorite. But this one just blew me away. Bad things happen in the world and St. James does an exceptional job of having her heroines face these bad things head on. They can't make things right again, it they can make them better going forward.
There are of course layers of mystery and every layer uncovers the story of a person who feels real. And in the end those people feel seen and heard. That makes a difference. I just love this book!
Okay so I didn't love the reveal of the whodunit but I loved the atmosphere here the creepy setting and the writing REALLY worked for me. I am REALLY enjoying this author. Time to tackle her backlist!
3.5 stars. I went into this expecting to be blown away, and in this case it was the high expectations that probably led to disappointment. It was a page turning, easy read, but I feel more could have been done with ‘the haunting presence.' I also wish more time was spent with the Idlewild girls because I found them fascinating. It was nothing I hadn't seen before. I fear I am becoming a jaded thriller reader. Maybe a break from the genre?
I quite liked the plot in this one, but the characters weren't gripping me as much to give it a higher rating. Plus some of my misleading expectations about what the mystery is gonna be about led me to be confused about where the story was actually going in the first half of the book. But I really like how it all came together, even if it was a bit too neat in the end.
