Book Club Pick: The Girls Are All So Nice Here

The Girls Are All So Nice Here, by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

The second book club read of my Columbus based book club!

I have found the mystery, thriller genre a great one to read in a group because I love getting everyone else's take on it. All the guesses, feelings toward characters, opinions on the ending, ad of course the wine and snacks shared during it.

Here are the thoughts from the group on this read. We're giving it a tentative 4 stars, we almost did 3.5 due to not liking the ending/whodunnit - but the rest of the book spoke for itself!

• They are in fact, not nice at all.

• Everyone should read the TW's (rape, mental health, suicide, sudden death) before reading.

• Realistic drama among young girls in college, from the banter to the differing personalities judging one another.

• The need to feel included, wanted and on the inside that Amb shows is also very realistic.

• We loved the middle of the books, the building of mystery in both time periods made the book impossible to put down. We all knew a girl like Flora, trying so hard to be a positive force among her friends, that never got fully appreciated.

• We all knew a girl like Sully, who lived recklessly and as if she had nothing to lose - our of insecurity, trauma or otherwise.

• We did not like the ending and final whodunnit of the drama in the book.

• While not fully young adult, we think it still belongs in that category to a certain extent and the author is awesome at capturing that mind frame in her writing.

This was a great book club read, and would recommend it to other group/buddy reads as well. Seeing who identifies with the characters, the college setting and drama, and overall mystery was a blast!

For fans of Big Little Lies, Gone Girl, Gossip Girl, and other young adult mystery dramas - add this to your list and shelf!

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My Synopsis: Amb has tried so hard to put a less-than-great college experience behind her, and do her best to live her life "correctly" in her job and marriage. This becomes upended when she received mysterious handwritten notes, with vague threats, and then an invitation to her college reunion. Her husband and friends convince her to go, and she regrets it the entire time.

As the book jumps back and forth in time from the night that lives in infamy, to the current reunion, more and more secrets unfold. Memories Amb tried so hard to forget, and friends she left in her psat for good reason won't leave her along.

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