Girl in Snow

De: Danya Kukafka

Narrado por: 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

Stay with it

This was a hard one to follow. I lost focus many times and had to rewind and listen to passages a few times. It did not hold my attention well. With an hour or so to go, it becomes more clear!

Sorry, but WHO are these teenagers??!!!

Maybe I was just a dimwitted teen, but I have NEVER known anyone at the purported age of the two main teenage characters with this depth of thought, breadth of knowledge, or such long-winded internal dialogues. If you can buy that all of that verbosity and those incredibly intense/convoluted narratives come from teenage minds, then you will enjoy it more. I just don't buy it. It made it hard to connect to them or even like them much. Thinking they both need some serious in-patient therapy, psychotic weirdos.

Excellent tie up ending

Excellent tie up ending, but often focused on character conflicts that distracted from the main plot. I thought the cop perspective added very little and Jade seemed to have a separate coming of age plot. I loved Cameron’s perspective.

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!

Couldn't finish it

The character development didn't make sense or it took to long. I lost interest mid way through. Wanted to know how it ended but could listen anymore. It wasn't going anywhere. Or if it was I could hold out much longer. It was a shame too, wanted to like it.

horrible, boring, disappointing

I was so disappointed that this book was so bad because it sounded sooooooo good from the synopsis! Unfortunately it was a huge letdown, and I found myself relieved to be finished. The book was super slow, boring, and anticlimactic. Whoever voiced Jade in the book was AWFUL! She spoke in this weird low voice that made her sound waaaaay older and it was so annoying. Avoid this book!!!