The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica WaltersMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
The Dead Girls Club by Damien Angelica Walters
Crooked Lane Books
December 10, 2019
Fiction, supernatural thriller, NetGalley, digital book, ARC (5/19/19)
I received this digital arc from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an unbiased review.
I think this book would be best catalogued with YA novels as it lacked the grit of an adult thriller. This is not for the person who enjoys deep psychological thrillers.
The story alternates from past to present but mostly focuses on Heather Cole and her paranoid fixation regarding events of the past. It is difficult to take the journey with the protagonist as it feels like she is going down the rabbit hole. Since it didn’t feel warranted I couldn’t follow her and thus watched from above in disbelief shaking my head.
Ironically, Heather Cole is a child psychologist who slowly unravels when she is taunted with reminders of her own unresolved childhood trauma. Unfortunately, she becomes angry and defensive with her husband Ryan who becomes worried about her suspicious behavior. Heather begins to revisit her childhood trauma recalling the events of The Dead Girls Club and their fascination with the gruesome crimes and The Red Lady.
The story felt anticlimactic and fell short of a thriller.
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