Couldn't quite decide whether this was supposed to be a YA or an adult novel. There are parts that seem like YA, but also it had adult themes. The mystery itself wasn't super compelling so I didn't really connect with the story.

This book was a huge let down for me. The description was very promising, and it sounded like a great thriller. But what I found was a slow moving story that I lost interest in very early. I really struggled to finish this one, but and the only reason I did was because I needed to finish it for NetGalley.

Thank you Netgalley and Publisher for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review. Described as a mystery, I found it slow moving and had a hard time staying interested. Maybe this would be more appropriate as YA fiction.

I had trouble making it through this book. I am not really sure why I did not connect Just not interesting and the characters were not compelling.

I kept waiting for it to get better but for me it just didn’t. This book may be better suited for a younger reader. The author isn’t bad but this book did not hold my interest.

It’s not really crime fiction, it’s more of a crime-based in-depth character study. Definitely not for thriller fans. That said, it’s well-written, and the characters are extremely well-drawn, so if you shift your expectations it’s a highly enjoyable book.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to review this book and to be an early reader via NetGalley! However, I will not be writing a review for this title at this time, as my reading preferences have since changed somewhat. In the event that I decide to review the book in the future, I will make sure to purchase a copy for myself or borrow it from a library. Once again, thank you so much for providing me with early access to this title. I truly appreciate it. Please feel free to contact me with any follow-up questions or concerns.

I love a multiple perspective book. I can't say the plot or the mystery were that shocking, and the thriller aspect was lost on me. But the writing is beautiful, I liked how the characters were constructed. It was an enjoyable read.

This didn't feel like a thriller to me and was incredibly sad. Honestly, it could be just the time right now, but it felt like a heavy read.

I am sorry for the inconvenience, but I don't have the time to read this book anymore and have lost interest in the concept. I believe that it would benefit your book more if I did not skim your book and write a rushed review. Again, I am sorry for the inconvenience.

A sad and intriguing novel about a teenage girl, murdered in a quiet Colorado town. The characters eclipsing this girl were unusual, quirky and deep. Interesting details about their lives and stories come to light as the mystery gradually uncovered. Thank you NetGalley, Danya Kukafka, and the publisher for the e-copy for review. All opinions are my own.

Set in Colorado in 2005 Danya Kukafka’s Girl in Snow portrays the aftermath of 15-year old Lucinda Hayes’s murder. It’s told from 3 different perspectives, that of two teenagers and a police officer, all of whom find it difficult to connect to others.

Part mystery regarding Lucinda’s murder, this book’s mostly a character study with moving prose. Although the ending ultimately feels hopeful, most of the book is dark, and in a way that increasingly seems to lack much nuance. There’s even a repetition of certain images, like “film” and “acne”—carried over from one view and/or person to another.

There’s a pathos to what the characters learn throughout the book but overall, Girl in Snow feels quite heavy and sad, sometimes in a way that felt alienating.

3.5 stars

I received a complimentary ARC of this book from Netgalley but all opinions provided are my own.

^ This book was a little lacking in my opinion. Good storyline but I was not a fan of the jumping back and forth between characters. I believe it would have been more compelling of the characters were more intertwined.

Really enjoyable read. Good characters and a Good story. Well worth a read. Think others will enjoy.

(Sorry I forgot to add feedback here but did on Goodreads).

I didn't particularly like all of the characters which made it difficult to really enjoy the book. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the ending was not what I had predicted.

Touted as a mystery/thriller, this book reads more like a lack lustre YA novel about three unappealing main characters, Cameron, Jade and Russ. A painfully slow moving, action-less storyline providing the bare minimum of interest. There may be an audience out there for this book but unfortunately it was not me.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for providing a digital copy in return for an honest, unbiased review.

I really love Netgalley, but I’m just really bad at making the books I get from them a priority. When I got Girl in Snow from them a couple of years ago, I had every intention of reading it quickly, but it just got buried under all my other books. But when I saw I needed a book with a weather element in the title, Girl in Snow jumped right into that slot. And if you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know I’m very particular about mystery/thriller books because so many of them are poorly written. I’m always nervous when I start a book by an unfamiliar author, but wow this was a great one. I’m so happy to report that this was a very well-written, interesting book.

The story is told from three perspectives, all third-person narrator, but from that particular character’s point-of-view. We meet Cameron, an outcast with a rough family story who draws amazing portraits, but who also has a secret. Next is Jade, also an outcast with a rough family, but much angrier about it. Finally is Russ, the police detective tied to the case in an unusual way. At the center of the story is beautiful Lucinda, who is found murdered one morning on the playground of a sleepy Colorado town. It’s likely Russ didn’t do it, considering he didn’t even know her, but Cameron and Jade are on the fringes of suspects because they lived near Lucinda and both knew her. Equally a suspect is Lucinda’s ex-boyfriend, Zap.

I’m really not sure if this book fits into the adult or young adult category, but no matter, because it’s great. I really didn’t know which character murdered Lucinda until the reveal, but the murderer wasn’t just thrown in as a random person never mentioned in the book (like a drifter), so the rationale was explained and legitimate. This book was a quick little read with great, clever language, and I enjoyed it quite a bit.

Hmm. I found this book engaging while reading it, but it feel somewhat flat for me once I put it down. It's not a traditional thriller, despite what the blurb might say-- this is character study that orbits a pretty opaque murder of a girl we never really learn about. Maybe that's the point; people project themselves and their interests onto victims, ultimately losing the identity of the victim herself in the process. Unfortunately, I don't think that message was strong enough to outweigh my sense that the author herself didn't care about the victim... which just left me feeling a bit cold.

The mystery surrounding the murder of a high school freshman sounds like an odd premise for a book on it's face. It gets odder still when the story is told in the rotating perspectives of a high school junior Goth-type girl who has severe jealousy issues, the high school freshman who creepily stalked the dead girl (he wears her dress at one point, in her bedroom), and an adult cop who had been best friends with the creepy stalker's dad. Goth-girl Jade is the only person who tells her story in the first person, which makes transitions a bit non-existent. And then, in the end, after a whole fairly readable and mildly good book reading in which you think at least know the suspect pool, if not the killer... it turns out to be Random Other Guy who did it.

So... that's a meh from me.

(I received a copy of this book through NetGalley and Simon & Schuster in exchange for an honest and original review. All thoughts are my own.)

This book started out with promise but the further I read, the more that I just wasn't able to get into it. The story, though it has potential, just seemed to fall flat and wouldn't hold my interest.

*DNF*

Copy kindly received via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Not for me, so I put this one down. I was interested in the characters or the way the story was seeming like it was going to flick back and forth between them. Not my kind of writing style.