Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls
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Suicide Notes from Beautiful Girls 〰️
Well this book was a rollercoaster from start to finish. There were so many twists I didn't see coming. Especially when it comes to the dead girl, well, not being dead. And when the ending line of the books blurb says "Now Delia is dead. And June owes it to her to find out the truth... which is far more complicated that she ever could have imagined." Well. It wasn't kidding. It was way more complicated. In that sense I'm not saying the story itself was a complicated read, just that all the plot twists were a kick in the gut for June over and over, until she can barely tell reality from fabrication.
I feel for June. She was the best of friends with Delia. But then they grew apart, as some friendships do. (Especially if you see your bestie kissing your boyfriend). But when she learns of Delia's suicide, she realizes all the potential their friendship had and how she'll never get the chance to be there for her friend again.
I was hooked right from the very beginning. Though I will admit, the first half of the book reminded me of Holly Jackson's "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder." I loved that book (the whole trilogy really). But I wasn't sure I was into reading another story about someone trying to solve a murder. (Well, suicide in this case). But then the first big twist happened. I'm sure people probably say it coming, but I'm very clueless a lot of the time so I was blinded when it happened. Never expected Delia to fake her own death. I was truly thinking this was going to be AGGGTM kind of story where June goes down lots of crazy rabbit wholes to discover the truth about her friends death.
But here we are! She's alive! And we now have a new POV, from Delia. And we can see how manipulative and obsessive she really is. It was all of June. It was like Delia knew what would happen to them in the future and planned it out from the first moment they met. Maybe she had some grand scheme. Maybe she only thought of her plan later on. Either way, it was a wild ride to read.
The only thing I didn't really like about this book is that it portrayed bisexuals in a negative light. Because I kind of see Delia as the villain and wether is is bi, pan, gay, whatever, her and Ashling make the LGBTQ+ community seem a bit crazy. Not saying you should never have a queer villain. It just puts queer people in a bad light when the only LGBTQ+ people in your novel are doing bad things.
All in all, this was an excellent and quick read and I highly recommend.
