Girl From Nowhere | Short Review

Girl from Nowhere Published by Bloomsbury Publishing by Tiffany Rosenhan
on July 21, 2020
Genres: Adventure, Contemporary, Mystery, Romance, Suspense, Thriller, YA
Source: Netgalley
Format: ARC, eBook
Find the Author: Website, Goodreads
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Rating:

Ninety-four countries. Thirty-one schools. Two bullets.Now it’s over...or so she thinks.
Sophia arrives in Montana with the promise of a normal high school experience. But after a turbulent few years abroad with her diplomat parents, forgetting the past is easier said than done. After all, “normal” high schoolers aren’t trained in several forms of combat.Then Sophia meets Aksel and finds herself opening up in ways she never thought she could. Except Sophia’s past is about to catch up with her, and she must confront who she really is, why she was betrayed, and what she is capable of in the name of love and survival.

If I had read this five years ago, I may have absolutely adored it. But, as it stands, I had a very difficult time with this one. It wasn’t the writing for me, it was the story. The subject matter.

The fact that it’s YA, is probably partly to blame for that. While I still will read young adult books–or even some middle grade–I’m finding that I’m ever increasingly more picky when it comes to them.

And this one just didn’t do it for me. The writing was solid, and I can see enjoying these characters had I been a teenager. However, I was bored and unimpressed with a lot of the parts of the book that I think I was supposed to be the most impressed by.

Because the writing wasn’t the issue, I’d never say never when it comes to reading something else by Ms. Rosenhan.

 

 

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