(3 / 5)
I liked Dangerous Girls. Although I am not so sure I completely understand all the hype its been getting. Perhaps its because of the ending, which is a bit of a shocker…
The story is centralised around Anna, and hovers around her boyfriend Tate and her best friend Elise. Elise is discovered dead while they are all holidaying in Aruba, and Anna is imprisoned as the prime suspect… And so begins the who-done-it.
Weaving back and forth in time we discover how Anna became friends with Elise, how Anna and Tate’s relationship blossoms, how they make other friends in the circle, and ultimately leads to the reveal about Elise’s demise.
What I appreciated about this book, and I imagine what every young person appreciates as they read this, is that you can relate to the characters in some way.
Reading about her story made me reflect on my own life when I was her age. At the time when you are going through that time of your life, everything is life or death. Your friendships, your relationships, decisions on what you are going to do with your life… When you are betrayed its like you are being stabbed in the heart. When you find someone you feel so close to, you soar through the clouds. Like nothing will ever come between you. Haas did a great job of making the characters relatable in that way. These are your typical teenagers, the only difference between them is their passion led to murder! But still, reading it I could relate to events of my past and realise that when you are that age you are so fragile. Everything feels life or death. I think that was the strongest thing about the book for me. These kids could have been anyone.
I enjoyed the other characters, the evil prosecutor, the friends, the parents… They were all extremely well written.
Having so much enjoyed the characters, I am going to talk about what didn’t work for me in this book. I got a bit tired of the book jumping back and forth in time so much. Before the trial, the trial, WAY before the trial, years before the trial, the trial, before the trial… It wasn’t difficult to keep up with or anything, I just didn’t enjoy it so much.
It was also SO QUICK to get through! I literally finished it in 3 hours.
I think I need to step away from the young adult genre for a while I think. I seem to be disappointed of late.
3 stars from me ***
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