Jillian, Carol and Meg are all victims of College Hill Rapist. They form a club, and call it the Survivors’ Club – they don’t like to be called victims. Now, after they had helped the police to put the rapist/murdered in jail, he gets killed, and they – get to be the first suspects. Could they have been driven to murder, or is there more to the story than it seems?
Of course there is. The story is much more complicated than it seems. The characters are very well-written and complex, and I liked how the point of view was switching chapter by chapter. Then, there’s Griffin, the hot policeman with past trauma, which makes him more interesting. The girls themselves are also fun to read about, and make you root for them. And it’s great that they can form lasting friendship despite being completely different.
So far so good, but it wasn’t all stars for this book. Some things I didn’t like – really implausible ending, that made me ask questions of “how much sperm does one guy leave in the bank sperm?” or “what exactly does it mean that DNA almost match? Shouldn’t it just match?” Bu maybe I just don’t know something.
The other thing is that at times it dragged for too long, unnecessarily. I was skipping some fragments, just to get to the actual action, and I got tired of some repeatedly described feelings/thoughts.
I’d still say it was quite good. The ending was surprising, as it should be in a suspense novel. The pacing was quite good – for most parts of the book – and the characters well-developed.
Oh, and one more thing – the very last scene, where they were all together. Sweet, so sweet. However – too corny, and as much as most of the dialogue seemed real, here seemed too forced and fake.
My rating – 6/10
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