Girl in Snow

By: Danya Kukafka

Narrated by: Candace Thaxton, Kirby Heyborne, Jacques Roy

“A perfectly paced and tautly plotted thriller…and an incredibly accomplished debut” (Paula Hawkins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Girl on the Train and Into the Water), about a beloved high schooler found murdered in her sleepy Colorado suburb and the secret lives of three people connected to her.

How can you love someone who’s done something horribly, horribly wrong? When a beloved high schooler named Lucinda Hayes is found murdered, no one in her community is untouched—not the boy who loved her too much; not the girl who wanted her perfect life; not the officer assigned to investigate her murder. In the aftermath of the tragedy, these three indelible characters—Cameron, Jade, and Russ—must each confront their darkest secrets in an effort to find solace, the truth, or both.

In crystalline prose, Danya Kukafka offers a brilliant exploration of identity and of the razor-sharp line between love and obsession, between watching and seeing, between truth and memory. “A sensational debut—great characters, mysteries within mysteries, and page-turning pace. Highly recommended” (Lee Child, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Jack Reacher novels). Hailed as “Gillian Flynn of 2017” (Yahoo! Style), compulsively readable and powerfully moving, Girl in Snow is “engagingly told… its endearing characters’ struggles linger in memory after this affecting work is done” (The Wall Street Journal).

YA mystery

Expected something more mature; probably enjoyable read for high school students. Story told from multiple points of view, at least two of which are teenagers...

Couldn't even finish it

The plot was just so hard to get into. It felt meandering and I just wasn't invested in finding anything out. Maybe it gets a lot better in the 2nd half, but I didn't finish it.

mid

the woman who voices jade has this specific cadence when she talks and it got really annoying after a while. i got this book because i really loved notes on an execution and i can see early parts of her writing in this book that i love but overall it just wasnt as well rounded which is to be expected. i really hated the 2 male perspectives in this book so i guess danya is great at writing unlikable men lol. it felt very long with a rushed half baked ending

Expected More

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

NO - I skipped to the end to get it over with.

What was most disappointing about Danya Kukafka’s story?

Too many words which made the story move slowly. A lot of filler.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

I liked all the voices except the one for "Cameron".

Was Girl in Snow worth the listening time?

Not for me.

Very Dark

The characters and story line are very dark and disturbing in this story. It may do a good job depicting some teen struggles but I personally didn’t enjoy the book.
It has a heart lifting ending if you can call it that.
Don’t read it if your depressed!