Name: Beth is Dead
Series: Stand Alone
Author: Katie Bernet
Publisher: Scholastic
Format: Kindle
Genres: YA, Contemporary, Mystery, Thriller, Retelling
Spice Rating: 🌶️
😭? – No tears were Shed
Rating:
Synopsis: Goodreads
After a New Years Eve party, Beth is found dead.
All the March sisters see Beth’s body and wonder how – and
who – could have killed their sweet little sister. And what
was their motive?
The March sisters have always been close, but will Beth’s murder
bring them closer together, or further apart? As each of the girls’
motives are uncovered, the March sisters might not be quite
as sweet as they seem…
Review:
I had seen a post about Beth is Dead on instagram (apologies I can’t remember who made the post) and they described it as an addictive thriller that was read pretty quickly! This stuck with me and when it showed up in a kindle sale, I grabbed it! Thanks to the spinny wheel for my Digital Takedown challenge, it got picked!
I wish I hadn’t started reading this just before the incident, because I really feel like I could have read this in just a couple of sittings and enjoyed it a lot more if I had. Unfortunately that wasn’t the experience I ended up having and I feel like having to spread this over so many sessions just meant I didn’t enjoy it as much.
That being said, I am happy to admit I did not predict this outcome and whether that is because of the writing or because of the extended reading, it is somewhat rare that I have no theories until the reality is essentially spelled out. I only called one of the final outcomes early on as a ‘wouldn’t it be funny if…’ and that actually ended up being the case.
I can’t speak for the ‘Little Women’ retelling aspect of this because I don’t know that story! But I liked Katie’s writing, I enjoyed the story she was telling and the multiple POVs and the outcome did not let me down so ultimately I had a good time!
I need to prove that I’m more than the girl who dies at the end of the book.
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