The It Girl

I liked the beginning and the flashback chapters; academic thrillers about a mysterious friend group will always be one of my favorite tropes. Once the flashback chapters ended, I lost interest. This book was about 150 pages too long. We are reminded that Hannah is pregnant on every page, and it got so stale. She was also making really stupid and dangerous decisions investigating the case and she was very unlikeable. The ending was not satisfying to me and I was skimming the last 100 pages. 

I think this is the best Ruth Ware book yet. I loved the setting and the characters were well-defined. The killer wasn't completely obvious, even if it was a little Christie-esque. The explanation did fit though.

Propulsive. The shifting suspects and well crafted characters reminded me a bit of Big Little Lies.