Thank you Bookish First & Penguin Teen for my finished copy.
Full disclosure I stopped at page 174.
I’ve heard good things about They Wish They Were Us and this is why I wanted to read this book.
I struggled big time with this book. Even though I’m an adult I do appreciate a good young adult novel and this story just didn’t work out for me. I had a hard a time getting into the story and found myself losing focus on the story while reading.
I also felt that Ellie and Stella pretty much had the same personality. I’m not sure if it was meant to be that way since they are sisters, but sisters do have differences.
Since I didn’t want to give up hope on this story I borrowed the audiobook from the library and that still couldn’t hold my attention. I ended up skipping to the back of the book to see who the killer was and the reasoning and I found that to be a lackluster ending.
Triggers:
Alcohol dependency
Abortion
Full disclosure I stopped at page 174.
I’ve heard good things about They Wish They Were Us and this is why I wanted to read this book.
I struggled big time with this book. Even though I’m an adult I do appreciate a good young adult novel and this story just didn’t work out for me. I had a hard a time getting into the story and found myself losing focus on the story while reading.
I also felt that Ellie and Stella pretty much had the same personality. I’m not sure if it was meant to be that way since they are sisters, but sisters do have differences.
Since I didn’t want to give up hope on this story I borrowed the audiobook from the library and that still couldn’t hold my attention. I ended up skipping to the back of the book to see who the killer was and the reasoning and I found that to be a lackluster ending.
Triggers:
Alcohol dependency
Abortion