Hello to all and to all hello! How are you keeping? It’s time for another blog post and you bet it’s a book review because I’ve been reading like it’s nobody’s business 🤣. This time it’s The Girls Are Good by Ilaria Bernardini, a book I was gifted by netgalley in return for an honest review, let’s jump right in!
Summary
A DANGEROUS OBSESSION
Martina wants to be the best gymnast in the world. But so does everyone around her.
A TOURNAMENT WITH A DIFFERENCE
During one week of intense competition, Martina and her teammates are tested to the limit, and any sign of weakness can quickly spell the end.
A MURDER IN THE NIGHT
By the end of the week, one of the gymnasts will be dead. Every girl will do anything to win…but at what cost?
Review
⭐️/5
This book was a slow burner for me which is a shame as I was ready to fall into another good read after Changeling but you can’t win em’ all I suppose. It was a tough read in more ways than one, physically it was hard to read so I ended up going down the audiobook route and the subject it focused on was also a bitter pill to swallow. It shed a light on a side of being a gymnast I’d not thought about before and was at times eerily haunting.
A note of sadness hung in the air throughout this novel and it felt stifling sometimes because what the characters went through felt so unfair. The adults in the girls lives did them wrong and its frightening to think that parts of the book could be some people’s reality. The behaviour of the characters was very odd and some moments confused me by coming out of nowhere which led to the ending being a huge shock to me that made me reevaluate everything. It was scary and made me piece together other scenes as things began to make more sense.
At the beginning I thought it was going to be difficult to remember people’s names but it was actually easy enough. It wasn’t the type of book where you simply have to pick a favourite character, it was more so the type where you’re constantly try to figure out where things are going before it’s too late. I’m giving it one star out of five because it wasn’t my cup of tea, the writing style just dragged on a bit and I couldn’t get into it but that’s not to say you wouldn’t enjoy it (enjoy is the wrong word as its not that kind of a book but you know what I mean!). I’d love to know other people’s opinions on this book because it was just so weird, be sure to let me know if you’ve read it before.
And there we have it! Let me know your thoughts in the comments section. I’ll be back again soon with another post but until then, stay safe, take care and buh-bye! 👋💕xx
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