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A review by nclcaitlin
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
4.25
THIS PACKED A PUNCH. One that will leave me winded and agonising over for weeks.
This book is multi-genre. Marketed as a suspense mystery, this is also a coming of age, a dark academia, a contemporary literary drama, romance, and thriller. Part anti-hero journey.
Sade (SHAH-DAY) arrives for the third year at of Alfred Nobel Academy after her father’s death, leaving his multi-million-pound estate, and the burden of grief and the awkwardness that came with leaving a string of deaths behind her to anyone who gets close to her.
Alfred Nobel Academy is filled with luxury and Sade knows all too well wealth leads to secrets buried six feet under.
Shortly after arriving, her roommate disappears.
This is about dealing with mental health, trauma, grief, guilt.
This discusses how corrupt our world is. The apparent lack of consequences it seemed there is for the well-connected. Money does buy happiness - through security, hush hush, celebrity….
"Are you okay?" She hated asking that question when she knew the answer was so obvious.
It was something she hated being asked herself, especially after the many tragedies in her life.
Are you okay is what people ask when they don't know what else to say. It's an easy question for the asker, but an unbearable one for the asked.
This had the potential to be over-the-top and cringy. There’s an Unholy Trinity. There’s a popular clique who adopts Sade. The matron seems to hate her. There’s a play boy who’s the prince of the school who has his eyes on Sade.
How the author pulled this all together to keep you on the edge of your seat, gritting your teeth, and bracing yourself.
"You know what gets me through really tough times?" Sade said.
“What?” She asked.
"I tell myself to keep swimming, and if I can't do that, if that's too hard, I simply float."
Baz has my heart by the way. Him, his unhealthy jammy dodger obsession, and Muffin who he rescued (stole) from being a biology experiment.
Baz is chaotic in the best way and I loved his endearing, supportive, funny self.
This reads older YA with deep and dark themes. However, there is no content which would make it inadvisable for slightly younger YA readers!
Thank you to Pan MacMillan for gifting the physical book in exchange for a review!
This book is multi-genre. Marketed as a suspense mystery, this is also a coming of age, a dark academia, a contemporary literary drama, romance, and thriller. Part anti-hero journey.
Sade (SHAH-DAY) arrives for the third year at of Alfred Nobel Academy after her father’s death, leaving his multi-million-pound estate, and the burden of grief and the awkwardness that came with leaving a string of deaths behind her to anyone who gets close to her.
Alfred Nobel Academy is filled with luxury and Sade knows all too well wealth leads to secrets buried six feet under.
Shortly after arriving, her roommate disappears.
This is about dealing with mental health, trauma, grief, guilt.
This discusses how corrupt our world is. The apparent lack of consequences it seemed there is for the well-connected. Money does buy happiness - through security, hush hush, celebrity….
"Are you okay?" She hated asking that question when she knew the answer was so obvious.
It was something she hated being asked herself, especially after the many tragedies in her life.
Are you okay is what people ask when they don't know what else to say. It's an easy question for the asker, but an unbearable one for the asked.
This had the potential to be over-the-top and cringy. There’s an Unholy Trinity. There’s a popular clique who adopts Sade. The matron seems to hate her. There’s a play boy who’s the prince of the school who has his eyes on Sade.
How the author pulled this all together to keep you on the edge of your seat, gritting your teeth, and bracing yourself.
"You know what gets me through really tough times?" Sade said.
“What?” She asked.
"I tell myself to keep swimming, and if I can't do that, if that's too hard, I simply float."
Baz has my heart by the way. Him, his unhealthy jammy dodger obsession, and Muffin who he rescued (stole) from being a biology experiment.
Baz is chaotic in the best way and I loved his endearing, supportive, funny self.
This reads older YA with deep and dark themes. However, there is no content which would make it inadvisable for slightly younger YA readers!
Thank you to Pan MacMillan for gifting the physical book in exchange for a review!