{"id":5335,"date":"2026-01-09T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5335"},"modified":"2026-01-09T06:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T06:05:00","slug":"the-it-girl-by-ruth-ware-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5335","title":{"rendered":"The It Girl by Ruth Ware"},"content":{"rendered":"

The It Girl<\/strong> by Ruth Ware<\/a>
on July 12, 2022
Genres:<\/strong> Fiction \/ Literary<\/a>, Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Psychological<\/a>, Fiction \/ Thrillers \/ Suspense<\/a>
Pages:<\/strong> 432
Format:<\/strong> Audiobook<\/a>
Buy on Amazon<\/a>
Goodreads<\/a> <\/p>\n

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\u2014Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily\u2014during 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\u2019s 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\u2019s death, she realizes that the friends she thought she knew all have something to hide\u2026 including a murder.<\/p>\n

Okay, so there are so many problems. First, gal is borderline preeclampsia, but totally willing to risk her life\/her baby\u2019s 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 \u201cclosed door\u201d mystery there are only so many players here and the whodunit was pretty apparent to me almost from the beginning. Fourth, I don\u2019t always love the wibbly wobbly timeline. This go around I was digging the \u201cbefore\u201d but really struggled with the \u201cafter\u201d (present). Fifth, it took waaaaaaay too long to start bringing up the shitty parts of April\u2019s personality which would offer motive to pretty much any of the characters. And finally, once again TOO LONG. I\u2019m a firm believer that a 325-350 page count is pert near perfect for a mystery\/thriller \u2013 once it gets over 400 there\u2019s almost always some lag in the flow.<\/p>\n

Ruth Ware is a hit or miss author for me. While I never\u00a0hate\u00a0anything she writes, I don\u2019t really love them either. But she\u2019s good enough to keep me reading. This one was a right down the middle 3.5 Star rating for me. I\u2019ll definitely read whatever she writes next.<\/p>\n

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