Review | The It Girl by Ruth Ware
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I always enjoy — and look forward to — a new book from Ruth Ware, who is often referred to as the "Agatha Christie of our time." Quite a high bar to achieve — and maintain — amongst avid thriller/mystery readers. If you read her previous book, One By One, you can easily understand the comparison. And there is an absolutely thrilling skiing sequence that left me breathless!
But with The It Girl, Ruth Ware breaks free of any comparison and left me breathless with every story element making this book my favorite Ruth Ware book to date... And securing a spot on my T.I.M.E. Favorite Books To Read list too.
With the strong female protagonist at the center of the story, there is also the added complication of her pregnancy that raises each scene's tension meter to the extreme.
Solving the mystery becomes like building a house on shifting sands as I found myself absolutely convinced I had this one figured out... Only to find the rug pulled out from underneath me with each new chapter. And if there is one thing I love to find in a thriller, it is a "rug" that is constantly being pulled away from underneath my mystery-solving feet!
For underlying story elements, I particularly loved the conflict of exploring the multi-dimensional issue of prosecuting criminal behavior with circumstantial though damning evidence.
Perfect for readers who are looking for a book with a page-turning mystery, thrilling sequences and love a good Hitchcock-like storyline!... ✨😎✨
Pages: 432
Genre: Thriller
Sub-Genre: Crime Fiction
Time Period: Present Day
Location: England (Oxford University) | Scotland (Edinburgh)
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SYNOPSIS
How will you remember the girl who took your breath away?
Meet April Clarke-Cliveden, a beautiful and dazzling force of nature... And Hannah Jones, who always felt a bit behind the trends, off the mark, and generally the opposite of April.
Ten years ago, Hannah and April were roommates at Oxford University — and quickly April took Hannah under her wing pulling her into a world that was both exhilarating, thrilling, and more than a bit risky.
But to be within April's exclusive world was too seductive to refuse.
Their inner circle of friends also included Will, Hugh, Ryan, and Emily. And as with most college relationships, the loyalties and the complications tighten around and amongst the circle.
By the end of the first year... April was dead.
And Hannah's testimony helped bring her convicted murderer to justice, John Neville, a campus porter at Oxford who had a history of unusual behavior.
Jump to ten years later... Hannah and Will are now married and expecting their first child when she receives an update that John Neville (who always maintained his claim of being innocent) has died in prison.
She's thrilled to finally put the past behind her. Until a reporter approaches Hannah with new evidence that John Neville may have been innocent after all.
This new evidence has Hannah questioning facts she was once sure about. So she reconnects with each of her old friends to find out what really happened to April all those years ago.
But with each encounter, that familiar tug of loyalties and the subsequent complications start to tighten again around and amongst the circle.
A mystery unfolds within these pages that will have you guessing until the very last page! With deliciously surprising twists throughout every chapter, there is something new waiting around each corner.
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