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just read 'the wicked girls'...

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juicychops · 20/12/2012 21:01

i recommend it highly Smile

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valiumredhead · 21/12/2012 15:09

Fantastic, isn't it?

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ninjanurse · 21/12/2012 17:54

Ive just finished it as well. Really enjoyed it, quite thought provoking and zips along really quick towards the end.

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combinearvester · 21/12/2012 17:57

See I have been put off reading it because I like a main character I can identify with and I wasn't sure I would be able to.

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MayTheOddsBeEverInYourFavour · 21/12/2012 17:58

I rally enjoyed this too

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MayTheOddsBeEverInYourFavour · 21/12/2012 17:59

really enjoyed it, I am far from posh enough to say rally for really Grin

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ViperInTheManger · 21/12/2012 18:06

I enjoyed it too and thought the ending was realistic and thought provoking

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TheFoosa · 22/12/2012 13:16

just finished this, thought the ending was brave as I suspected it was all going to end neatly

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chirpchirp · 24/12/2012 14:47

You know when you read a really good book the next one you read never quite lives up to it? Well I read The Wicked Girls straight after reading "Cold Hands" by John J Niven. Enjoyed them both but Cold Hands is probably my book of 2012.

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fromparistoberlin · 02/01/2013 11:39

i really liked it too, hear hear!

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fromparistoberlin · 02/01/2013 11:47

is cold hands worth getting chirp? I just read the review and it looks dark as fxxk!

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chirpchirp · 04/01/2013 14:05

Definitely worth getting as long as you like your fiction dark and slightly terrifying Paris! Mr Niven is quickly becoming one of my favourite authors.

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spamm · 04/01/2013 14:10

OK - so frustrating, as this is not available to kindle users here in the USA until later this year.

Does anybody know how I can buy it, get hold of it for my kindle now, or do I have to get a paperback? Aggghhhhh.

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Mrsrudolphduvall · 04/01/2013 14:17

It's excellent.

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YesAnastasia · 08/01/2013 22:29

Is it easy to read? I'm finding it difficult to read about that subject matter since having the dc.

I was enjoying it so much but didn't think I could read on when I realised what they'd done - is it too harrowing??

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PomBearWithAnOFRS · 09/01/2013 20:36

It's not Anastasia, it's really well written and rather than being shocking as such, without trying to post a spoiler, you end up thinking differently about the whole thing - it's not only a tragedy for the little girl who dies, but for the other two too - and even ends up being almost a "good" thing for the one from the deprived home. It's really thought provoking. There was one bit that got to me, later on in the book, but it had actually nothing to do with the child or any children, and was only a tiny scene - just an AWWW nooooooooo moment but not utterly heartbreakingly awful iykwim.

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veryworried29 · 09/01/2013 20:37

oooh oooooh, I got this for Christmas! Not reading thread ... will start on it tonight. V excited.

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YesAnastasia · 11/01/2013 14:47

I might get brave and read the rest then.

But then sometimes I wish you could 'un-know' stuff. Things stay on my mind forever.

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