A review by cassroberts89
The It Girl by Ruth Ware

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This was just okay. I was completely bored for the first 150 pages or so, it took forever to finally get moving. Once we were getting somewhere I was more interested, but I had a hard time with Hannah just making idiotic choices. She was the most flat main character I have read in a while. I also guessed the “whodunnit” pretty early, but the way it happened seemed a little ridiculous honestly. And man, we were getting thrown red herrings left and right there at the end. I may try others from Ruth Ware if they aren’t quite as long.

P.S. Side note to mention how weird it was that John Neville is almost… a martyr? After he had all but stalked and assaulted Hannah? I think I get what we were “supposed” to think of him at the end, but some of his actual actions were completely inappropriate.