The It Girl by Ruth Ware
on July 12, 2022
Genres: Fiction / Literary, Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
Pages: 432
Format: Audiobook
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April was vivacious, bright, occasionally vicious, and the ultimate It girl. She quickly pulled Hannah into her dazzling orbit. Together, they developed a group of devoted and inseparable friends—Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily—during their first term. By the end of the second, April was dead. Now, a decade later, Hannah and Will are expecting their first child, and the man convicted of killing April, former Oxford porter John Neville, has died in prison. Relieved to have finally put the past behind her, Hannah’s world is rocked when a young journalist comes knocking and presents new evidence that Neville may have been innocent. As Hannah reconnects with old friends and delves deeper into the mystery of April’s death, she realizes that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide… including a murder.
Okay, so there are so many problems. First, gal is borderline preeclampsia, but totally willing to risk her life/her baby’s life to do some sleuthing. Second, why the hell would she start second guessing after the dude who proclaimed his innocence for the duration has now kicked the bucket. Third, although not technically a “closed door” mystery there are only so many players here and the whodunit was pretty apparent to me almost from the beginning. Fourth, I don’t always love the wibbly wobbly timeline. This go around I was digging the “before” but really struggled with the “after” (present). Fifth, it took waaaaaaay too long to start bringing up the shitty parts of April’s personality which would offer motive to pretty much any of the characters. And finally, once again TOO LONG. I’m a firm believer that a 325-350 page count is pert near perfect for a mystery/thriller – once it gets over 400 there’s almost always some lag in the flow.
Ruth Ware is a hit or miss author for me. While I never hate anything she writes, I don’t really love them either. But she’s good enough to keep me reading. This one was a right down the middle 3.5 Star rating for me. I’ll definitely read whatever she writes next.
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