Mickey reviewed The Girls Weekend by Jody Gehrman
Review of 'The Girls Weekend' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
3/5
When a girls weekend reunion starts to turn sour and old resentments and grudges are unearthed the host goes missing and a string of mysteries follow as the characters try to figure out what happened the night before.
The story starts off with a pretty interesting setup, a group of women who had been friends in university had grown apart and were coming together years later to rekindle their friendship. They all seem to have some buried hurts between each other and the main character, June, particularly has some deep grudges against Sadie, the host.
This I think was very intriguing and captivated me quite a bit, until about half way through when the book resolves into high school drama and far too much talking as everyone seems to throw each other’s secrets into the open. It felt rather childish as they all became fairly unlikable and made particularly …
3/5
When a girls weekend reunion starts to turn sour and old resentments and grudges are unearthed the host goes missing and a string of mysteries follow as the characters try to figure out what happened the night before.
The story starts off with a pretty interesting setup, a group of women who had been friends in university had grown apart and were coming together years later to rekindle their friendship. They all seem to have some buried hurts between each other and the main character, June, particularly has some deep grudges against Sadie, the host.
This I think was very intriguing and captivated me quite a bit, until about half way through when the book resolves into high school drama and far too much talking as everyone seems to throw each other’s secrets into the open. It felt rather childish as they all became fairly unlikable and made particularly dumb decisions at this point and I found myself quite uninterested in their drama.
There was very little actual mystery really, and not much thriller either, but eventually the secrets of the night are revealed and lead to a dramatic end. Though by that point I just wanted to finish up and move on.
Overall it was not a bad book, but it had a bit too much character drama and not enough mystery. It was certainly something one can read for some good entertainment though as there is plenty of morally gray characters involved.