what I’m reading: the it girl by ruth ware.

Ten years ago, Hannah’s university roommate April was murdered in their rooms. Now, the man who was convicted of April’s murder has died in prison. When a reporter uncovers new evidence that the man may have been innocent, Hannah begins to wonder if April’s real murderer is still out there.

This book is told in the present, in which Hannah is married to Will (April’s old boyfriend) and is expecting their first child, and in the past, where we see Hannah meeting April and her friends and navigating their first year at university. The whole book is told from Hannah’s point of view, which I liked. I feel like there are so many books about a group of friends and every person has a chapter from their point of view. I liked that I knew we were seeing everything from Hannah’s eyes and I didn’t have to think about whose point of view I was reading. I think that once you have more than two points of view in a book, it’s hard to keep track of everyone and it’s easy to get confused.

The author kept me guessing with who the murderer was. I ran the gamut of suspecting everyone in the friend group at least once. I thought the author did a great job of keeping us in suspense and I confess, I was surprised by the ending.

I did have a hard time having any sympathy for most of the characters. I didn’t think Hannah was very likable and I definitely found myself yelling at her to grow a spine at times. I also did not really care for April, therefore her death didn’t really have an impact. I wish that I would have liked at least one of the main characters but I didn’t. A couple of the friends from university, Emily and Ryan, seemed like they could have been interesting but they were not really in the present-day narrative.

I’ve read a few books written by Ruth Ware and they all seem to be hit or miss for me. This book was fine, but I didn’t love it.

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