The Girls Are All So Nice Here

By: Laurie Elizabeth Flynn

Narrated by: Erin Mallon, Alex Allwine

Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins

Publisher's Summary

A USA Today Best Book of 2021

Two former best friends return to their college reunion to find that they’re being circled by someone who wants revenge for what they did ten years before — and will stop at nothing to get it — in this “propulsive” (Megan Miranda, best-selling author of The Girl from Widow Hills) psychological thriller.

A lot has changed in years since Ambrosia Wellington graduated from college, and she’s worked hard to create a new life for herself. But then an invitation to her 10-year reunion arrives in the mail, along with an anonymous note that reads, “We need to talk about what we did that night.”

It seems that the secrets of Ambrosia’s past — and the people she thought she’d left there — aren’t as buried as she believed. Amb can’t stop fixating on what she did or who she did it with: larger-than-life Sloane “Sully” Sullivan, Amb’s former best friend, who could make anyone do anything. 

At the reunion, Amb and Sully receive increasingly menacing messages, and it becomes clear that they’re being pursued by someone who wants more than just the truth of what happened that first semester. This person wants revenge for what they did and the damage they caused — the extent of which Amb is only now fully understanding. And it was all because of the game they played to get a boy who belonged to someone else and the girl who paid the price.

Alternating between the reunion and Amb’s freshman year, The Girls Are All So Nice Here is a “chilling and twisty thriller” (Book Riot) about the brutal lengths girls can go to get what they think they’re owed, and what happens when the games we play in college become matters of life and death.

©2021 Laurie Elizabeth Flynn Inc. All rights reserved. (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.

Not a likable character in the book!

Just know, if you have to like a character to enjoy a book, this one is really not for you! Me? I just like well written, character driven novels - and this one has it in spades. Definitely a psychological thriller and interestingly enough, turns out just as you hope it will - well maybe. Each character is fairly well fleshed out, with your loyalties being tested as to who you think you like (well, got that wrong, didn't you?) and in the end, you'll question whether you really want to go to that next college reunion.

Loved this one!

This story held my attention from start to finish. I couldn’t stop listening. The narrator did an amazing job. Don’t hesitate using a credit for this one.

fantastic story, terrible ending

the whole story was great, narrators really embodied the characters. the ending is unexpected and truly not what most readers would enjoy. a real bummer for something that was so good

Narrator was good

Really good and binged it but I have to say it was definitely a bit predictable however worth the listen.

Couldn't stop listening

This book was amazing! I couldn't stop listening. The characters are likeable and unlikable at the same time. The story was written well and I was never lost and always knew who was talking. Highly recommend!

Kept me engaged, hated the ending

I find a mean girl situation entertaining but the way the story ended was a let down and ruined the story a bit to me.
Don’t read the rest because it may be a slight spoiler....
There’s a scene that describes self harm in a good amount of detail that might be triggering to some so that’s the warning I have.

Wow

That was a twist that I didn’t expect. Some reviews said it was the best book they’ve read in awhile and I agree. Wow wow wow.

Ughhhhhhh

This book infuriated and upset me at certain points and it’s just scary how accurately it can depict some girls. Good book overall!

Thriller

If you have ever experienced bulling or being bulled this book will get you thinking. The reader is a little bit unnatural at times and very good most of the time it is worth hearing the book. I will feel uncomfortable for days thinking about how jealousy and manipulation can harm so many people. I hope we can someday truly help people with mental illness in this world.

Great Narrator, Unexpected Character Progression

Enjoyable performance, the narrator did an outstanding job with the various characters--I could distinguish each person clearly. The main character progression goes from cheery to downright brutal. Lots of humor within the dark story.