ANNIE WOODS
  • Home

My Reading Tips

The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan

9/21/2019

0 Comments

 
The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan is an addictively intriguing mystery novel about teenage girl Zoe who was involved in a tragic accident that left three of her classmates dead. Now, three years later, after serving her time, Zoe and her mother is trying to start over and create a “second-chance life” for themselves. Zoe’s mother therefore demands Zoe to keep the past tucked far away, hiding it even for her new husband. But this new life and new husband soon turns out not to be so perfect after all.
Picture
​Gilly Macmillan makes a great job in keeping you in the dark about the plot twists all the way through the end. For a long time, when I read the book, I had no idea what to expect – is it turning into a murder story, a love story, a suspense novel or what? - which is such a good thing. (Don’t you just hate it when you can figure the whole intrigue out just by reading the blurb of a book?) What’s so different about “The Perfect Girl” is that the death of Zoe’s mother is not the surprise in this book and that the mystery plot is not really centered around what happened, but around exploring the facets of the characters’ lives that brought them to that moment in time. What Zoe, and the readers, soon finds out is that the truth is rarely straightforward, and the closer we are to someone, the less we may see.
​
The story is told from the first person perspectives of Tessa, Zoe’s aunt, and her loving yet alcoholic husband, Richard, as well as Zoe, her stepbrother, Lucas, and Sam, Zoe’s attorney, which gives you a chance to get into their minds and to see the messy, dysfunctional family from different perspectives.

Gilly Macmillan is so good at keeping the characters secret and only slowly and deliberately revealing them one by one, keeping you itching to learn more about the persons and their reason for behaving the way they are.

This slow-burning, intriguing book proves that a good crime book doesn’t need complicated twists or excessive violence to be a compelling read. This touching story with strong three-dimensional characters is an excellent, addictive page-turner nevertheless.

Find out more about the book and the author here: Gilly Macmillan
0 Comments

    Annie Woods’s
    ​Reading Tips

    I love YA books more than any other kind of literature, and especially books with LGBTQ representation, and want to share what I read with you. So please go ahead and check out my reading tips here and make sure to give some love to all these amazing books too.!

    Below under Categories, you can find the reviews per author as well.
    Picture
    Photo by @tata.lifepages

    Categories

    All
    Abbi Glines
    Abdi Nazemian
    Adam Silvera
    Aisha Saeed
    Alexandra Christo
    Alwyn Hamilton
    Amy Engel
    Amy Harmon
    Amy S. Foster
    André Aciman
    Angie Thomas
    Ashley Woodfolk
    Audrey Coulthurst
    Becky Albertalli
    Benjamin Alire Saenz
    Bill Konigsberg
    Casey McQuiston
    Cassandra Clare
    C.G. Drews
    Colleen Hoover
    C.S. Pacat
    Curtis Sittenfeld
    David Yoon
    Dean Atta
    Debbie McGowan
    Delia Owens
    Elizabeth Acevedo
    Elizabeth Corr
    E. Lockhart
    Emily M. Danforth
    Erin Watt
    Ernest Cline
    Gilly Macmillan
    Haley Rhoades
    Holly Black
    Jacqueline Woodson
    Jamie Deacon
    Jandy Nelson
    Jeff Zentner
    Jenna Evans Welch
    Jennifer Gilmore
    Jennifer Leigh
    Jennifer Niven
    Jenny Downham
    Jenny Han
    Joey Paul
    Kasie West
    Katharine Corr
    Kevin Van Whye
    Kiley Reid
    Kim Liggett
    K.M. Shea
    Laurie Frankel
    Leigh Bardugo
    Leylah Attar
    Lisa Williamson
    Lisa Wingate
    Mackenzi Lee
    Maggie Stiefvater
    Malin Persson Giolito
    Malorie Blackman
    Marie Lu
    Mary E. Pearson
    M.C. Frank
    Meredith Russo
    Mila Gray
    Miranda Kenneally
    Nic Stone
    Nina Kenwood
    Pearl Khatri
    Phil Stamper
    Quinn Anderson
    Rachael Lippincott
    Rachel Hawkins
    Rainbow Rowell
    Rosemary Danielis
    Ruta Sepetys
    Sally Green
    Sally Rooney
    Sarah J Maas
    Sarah Waters
    Simone Elkeles
    Sophie Gonzales
    Stephenie Meyer
    Suzanne Collins
    Tahereh Mafi
    Tomi Adeyemi
    Veronica Rossi
    Wesley Chu
    Victor Dixen
    Victoria Aveyard
    Virginia Macgregor

    Archives

    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    April 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017

    RSS Feed

Proudly powered by Weebly
  • Home