A Line in the Dark

The line between best friend and something is a line always crossed in the dark.Jess Wong is Angie Redmond s best friend And that s the most important thing, even if Angie can t see how Jess truly feels Being the girl no one quite notices is OK with Jess anyway While nobody notices her, she s free to watch everyone else But when Angie begins to fall for Margot Adams, a girl from the nearby boarding school, Jess can see it coming a mile away Suddenly her powers of observation are curse than gift.As Angie drags Jess further into Margot s circle, Jess discovers than her friend s growing crush Secrets and cruelty lie just beneath the carefree surface of this world of wealth and privilege, and when they come out, Jess knows Angie won t be able to handle the consequences.When the inevitable darkness finally descends, Angie will need her best friendIt doesn t even matter that she probably doesn t understand how much she means to me It s purer this way She can take whatever she wants from me, whenever she wants it, because I m her best friend A Line in the Dark is a story of love, loyalty, and murder. Free Read A Line in the Dark [ By ] Malinda Lo [ Kindle ePUB or eBook ] – kino-fada.fr I really feel like this book was poorly marketed If you re anything like me, you were drawn in by that gorgeous and sinister cover, and a title that seems to promise something dark and creepy but the book s content is very different There were some things I liked, but overall it lacked the darkness and thrills required for a mystery thriller.Let s start with what I did like I quickly realized that A Line in the Dark was not the book I was expecting that it readlike a quiet contempora I really feel like this book was poorly marketed If you re anything like me, you were drawn in by that gorgeous and sinister cover, and a title that seems to promise something dark...This was weird And not in a good way.I know this is marketing itself as dark, creepy, and atmospheric, but I m going to be totally honest it s not There is embarrassingly little atmosphere The tone is uninteresting, but occasionally inconsistent And truly, this book just doesn t go dark enough The only creepy thing about this book is something I m pretty sure wasn t meant to be creepy Jess crush on Angie I had a crush on my gir...1.5 starsSEE MY VIDEO REVIEW HERE Unfortunately this had everything I wanted but nothing was executed to my satisfaction The two halves of the book did not come together first person in the 1st half and 3rd person texts and transcripts in the 2nd half There was an excess use of the modifiers really and super , which adds superfluous bulk to the writing and shows that ...A Line in the Dark is a book that came highly recommended to me, and since I was already eyeballing it in the store, I felt like this would be perfect for a November read.I was right, because I truly enjoyed this book.The book follows a teenage girl named Jess, who is extremely passionate about drawing Jess has a best friend named Angie and the two have been thick as thieves for a really long time, until Jess notices a girl approach Angie at the Creamery where she works and it kind of puts a we A Line in the Dark is a book that came highly recommended to me, and since I was already eyeballing it in the store, I felt like this would be perfect for a November read.I was right, because I truly enjoyed this book.The book follows a teenage girl named Jess, who is extremely passionate about drawing Jess has a best friend named Angie and the two have been thick as thieves for a really long time, until Jess notices a girl approach Angie at the Creamery where she works and it kind of puts a wedge between them.Margot is gorgeous and has her eye out on Angie, which makes Jess extremely uncomfortable and jealous because of her own feelings towards her best friend that she ...I really wanted to like this book Pros There s great diversity Asian main character queer girls Cons The first half of this book was so boring I almost quit many times I didn t like any of the characters so I just didn t care what happened to them there was a shift from first person to third in the second half that felt strange it almost made this seem like two different books the thriller aspect wasn t at all thrilling and the conclusion was just annoying I m really sad I didn t like this I really wan...Full review to come3.5 starsI m a sucker for a psychological thriller and the synopsis coupled with that gorgeous cover sold me.I liked Jess well enough She s loyal and smart and just a bit stalker ish to keep me guessing on what she was up to I felt like Angie, Margot, and Ryan were never really fleshed out I m not sure if it was on purpose, but it was quite effective in making me not trust anyone.Plot wise it wasof a quiet anticipation than a thriller It was slow moving, but I was interested the entire 3.5 starsI m a sucker for a psychological thriller and the synopsis coupled with that gorgeous cover sold me.I liked Jess well enough She s loyal and smart and just a bit stalker ish to keep...To be honest, I was expecting this to be better, as I LOVED her last SF dulolgy, especially the first book Adaptation those books were exciting and page turning and had great alien conspiracies and bisexual romance Unfortunately in A Line in the Dark there were quite a few things that didn t work for me very awkward POV switch two thirds of the way through, flat characters, and just a general not great grip on the thriller genre conventions The twist ending fell flat for me, partially becaus To be honest, I was expecting this to be better, as I LOVED her last SF dulolgy, especially the first book Adaptation those books were exciting and page turning and had great alien conspiracies and bisexual romance Unfortunately in A Line in the Dark there were quite a few things that didn t work for me very awkward POV switch two thirds of the way through, flat characters, and just a general not great grip on the thriller genre conventions The twist ending fell flat for me, partially because I didn t really care about the characters It feels a bit like a novelist trying out a new genre that they re not really comfortable in or familiar with It felt like a break of the mystery thriller contract between the author and reader you can t just have a first person narrator omit a crucial scene but share everything else so that the reader doesn t have that information and then say, aha, look at w...Let s get something straight, this is not an f f romance There s no happy ending about it A Line in the Dark is a mystery thriller that fuses relevant themes in the plot It isn t dark or twisted per my standard The plot is straightforward, it s predictable However, it s engaging which what matters the most I finished it in one gulp It s fast paced You ll like and distrust the characters at the same time.The story follows Jess Wong, who s in love with her best friend Angie Redmond They Let s get something straight, this is not an f f romance There s no happy ending about it A Line in the Dark is a mystery thriller that fuses relevant themes in the plot It isn t da...4.75 stars A Line in the Dark is the first contemporary mystery I ve ever loved.It s a story about unhealthy friendships and relationships between three teenage girls, all three of them queer.The narrator is Jess Wong She s Chinese American, she has always loved art, and she s in love with her best friend Angie This crush is unrequited, and that becomes evenclear when popular, beautiful Margot starts flirting with Angie But Margot and her rich friends are not good news under the money 4.75 stars A Line in the Dark is the first contemporary mystery I ve ever loved.It s a story about unhealthy friendships and relationships between three teenage girls, all three of them queer.The narrator is Jess Wong She s Chinese American, she has always loved art, and she s in love with her best friend Angie This crush is unrequited, and that becomes evenclear when popular, beautiful Margot starts flirting with Angie But Margot and her rich friends are not good news under the money and the pretty faces there are many secrets.Not the ideal situation, but guess what it gets worse.I really liked Jess She struggles to fit in, and she s not flawless I love rea...

• English
• 17 April 2018
Malinda Lo
• Hardcover
• 288 pages
• 073522742X
• Malinda Lo
• A Line in the Dark