Dead Girls Walking was one of my most anticipated releases of 2024, but sadly I couldn’t finish.

It’s so hard when you’re reading a book with a story that you’re really interested in, but the writing just ain’t hitting. Do you keep reading to find out what happens, even though you know the writing is going to bother you the whole time? Or do you give up & save yourself the time, but always wonder what happened? 

I chose to save myself the time. The story was so interesting and I was very intrigued by the mystery. I still really want to know what happened at the end, but reading through that writing wasn’t worth it to me. There were superfluous descriptions of unimportant things, but the interesting parts aren’t described enough. And there was no horror ambience. Technically creepy things were happening, but the scene wasn’t being set, so I couldn’t FEEL it. The dialogue also felt very forced. This novel would be much better as a movie because while the description is lacking, the potential of a great story is there.

It was very fast paced with a summer camp slasher feel to it, but the writing just wasn’t for me. DNF at 20%.

Thank you to the author for this ARC. All opinions are my own.