Hardcover: 224 pages
Expected Publication: April 24th 2012
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
ISBN: 0375868437
ISBN: 0375868437
ISBN13: 9780375868436
Series: Standalone
Received: eGalley via NetGalley
Challenges: 2012 Goodreads Challenge, 2012 YA Contemporary Challenge
Wendy hung out with the wrong people. The party girl that she became led her to something that she could not come back from. Wendy for me was not one of my favorite characters. She was rather selfish, and just wanted to do what she wanted.. even though her choices, made her seem incredibly .. what’s the word?... stupid. Yes, she just wanted to be loved. But, doing the things she did was not the way to go about it. Being the popular girl in school comes with having enemies as well.
Rain feels that she must find out what has happened to Wendy. Even though she and Wendy really have not been since Wendy just left Rain, for her new life. The Popular life. Rain feels she should do something, anything. To help find out what happened. Who had done this to Wendy? And Why? After their last encounter before Wendy’s death. Rain just knows that something was off about Wendy. The way she was acting maybe? Something was totally not right with her. Rain sets out to find out exactly what was going on with Wendy, and how she ended up dying.
While reading The Girl in the Park, you as a reader will get to know the person that Wendy was. How she ended up being the person she died as.
Fredericks really wrote a bone chilling, murder mystery. These are never easy books to read. Espically when lives are taken.
I was relieved to see that Fredericks kept you on your toes. Once I was sure I knew who the killer was, until I doubted myself. The writing keeps you wanting to know what is going to happen. You feel for the characters. You want the best for them. You see things happening, that you wish would be prevented, but in life that’s not how things goes. This book was a great fast, day time read!! Day time, because you know.. Me.. I am seriously scared at night, when I read things like this. Overall, this was a very enjoyable read. With a satisfying ending!
Series: Standalone
Received: eGalley via NetGalley
Challenges: 2012 Goodreads Challenge, 2012 YA Contemporary Challenge
When Wendy Geller's body is found in Central Park after the night of a rager, newspaper headlines scream,"Death in the Park: Party Girl Found Strangled." But shy Rain, once Wendy's best friend, knows there was more to Wendy than just "party girl." As she struggles to separate the friend she knew from the tangle of gossip and headlines, Rain becomes determined to discover the truth about the murder. Written in a voice at once immediate, riveting, and utterly convincing, Mariah Frederick's mystery brilliantly exposes the cracks in this exclusive New York City world and the teenagers that move within it.
My Thoughts:The Girl in the Park was a very fast, interesting read. In as little as only 200+ pages I got a great story. Fredericks really delivered with this one. It took me a couple chapters to get “into” the book. But, after that I had no problem at all giving The Girl In The Park all of my attention.
Wendy hung out with the wrong people. The party girl that she became led her to something that she could not come back from. Wendy for me was not one of my favorite characters. She was rather selfish, and just wanted to do what she wanted.. even though her choices, made her seem incredibly .. what’s the word?... stupid. Yes, she just wanted to be loved. But, doing the things she did was not the way to go about it. Being the popular girl in school comes with having enemies as well.
Rain feels that she must find out what has happened to Wendy. Even though she and Wendy really have not been since Wendy just left Rain, for her new life. The Popular life. Rain feels she should do something, anything. To help find out what happened. Who had done this to Wendy? And Why? After their last encounter before Wendy’s death. Rain just knows that something was off about Wendy. The way she was acting maybe? Something was totally not right with her. Rain sets out to find out exactly what was going on with Wendy, and how she ended up dying.
While reading The Girl in the Park, you as a reader will get to know the person that Wendy was. How she ended up being the person she died as.
Fredericks really wrote a bone chilling, murder mystery. These are never easy books to read. Espically when lives are taken.
I was relieved to see that Fredericks kept you on your toes. Once I was sure I knew who the killer was, until I doubted myself. The writing keeps you wanting to know what is going to happen. You feel for the characters. You want the best for them. You see things happening, that you wish would be prevented, but in life that’s not how things goes. This book was a great fast, day time read!! Day time, because you know.. Me.. I am seriously scared at night, when I read things like this. Overall, this was a very enjoyable read. With a satisfying ending!
I Loved this one too!!! I enjoyed it so much more than Slide. Glad you liked it too! I loved how fast a read it was. There need to be more of those books out there! lol
ReplyDeleteThis one sounds really good. I'll have to check it out!
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