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Good Girls Die First by Kathryn Foxfield
Feb. 10th, 2021 10:17 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
THE NIGHT BEGAN WITH BLACKMAIL:
Eight o’clock. Portgrave Pier. Can you keep a secret?
Ten teenagers lured to a derelict carnival. Each one with a dark past they are determined to keep hidden. As they start to die, is it an unknown killer they need to fear … or each other?
Mind games. Murder. Mayhem.
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO SURVIVE THE NIGHT?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Kathryn Foxfield’s debut YA novel is a horror/thriller mash-up that, for me, fails to deliver in either genre. The characters are paper thin, their secrets either too easy to guess or so inconsequential that it made me wonder why they were worried and the world building too ethereal. There’s an interesting central idea about the power of guilt to overwhelm you, but ultimately I just didn’t care enough about the teens or their plight.
Eight o’clock. Portgrave Pier. Can you keep a secret?
Ten teenagers lured to a derelict carnival. Each one with a dark past they are determined to keep hidden. As they start to die, is it an unknown killer they need to fear … or each other?
HOW FAR WOULD YOU GO TO SURVIVE THE NIGHT?
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Kathryn Foxfield’s debut YA novel is a horror/thriller mash-up that, for me, fails to deliver in either genre. The characters are paper thin, their secrets either too easy to guess or so inconsequential that it made me wonder why they were worried and the world building too ethereal. There’s an interesting central idea about the power of guilt to overwhelm you, but ultimately I just didn’t care enough about the teens or their plight.
