I really liked it! 🙂

YA is much different these days. I work at a hospital and it's been quite a stressful Spring/Summer. This was able to make my commute and days better. Kept me interested.

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B plus

A pleasant listen overall.
The story is a bit worn out and the characters were not relatable to me. However there were some plotlines throughout that kept me intrested.
The performance was solid.

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Not just for girls!

As a male I was skeptical that “They Wish They Were Us” would pique my interest. Boy was I mistaken. This coherently crafted drama can appeal to anyone who attended high school, no matter your gender. Goodman displays her young talent as a writer by masterfully guiding the reader through an immersive world she artfully curates page by page. I read this book cover to cover in 2 days. Highly recommend.

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Great writing!

I really enjoyed this book. Couldn’t wait to find out how it was going to end. Jessica Goodman is a great writer. Can’t wait to read her next book!

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good read

easy read and really good; narrator is also great and does a slight voice for each character. easy young thriller.

A great read

I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. She captures the mystique of Long Island prep schools and the pressures of High School. I couldn’t put it down as the mystery began to unravel. Looking forward to more books by Jessica Goodman.

PREDICTABLE!!!

It wasn't BAD, just completely and totally predictable - had the whole "who dun it" aspect figured within the first few chapters! Having said that, the characters, although stereotypical, were pretty well written, the dialogue was typical but believable, and the story was overall okay. If you want an easy read/listen where you dont have to think, this is for you! I've read/listened to some smartly written YA novels before, but this isn't one of them.

Not good, but not bad

The murder mystery at elite high school is a good premise, but the author didn’t deliver on both. I enjoyed the murder mystery, even if it was fairly formulaic. I really felt Jill’s loss and her struggle between moving on and I conversing the truth.

But the secret society (aka The Players) felt more like a plot devise than a story. In the first half of the book, I think you could drop the secret society without changing much of the book. Even later in the book the secret society did little more than five the main characters reasons to act or feel bad, without adding to the plot.

Overall, it’s not the best book, but it’s not the worst. It works as good background noise for anyone who enjoys YA murder mysteries, but don’t expect much else.

Predictable

I prefer to not be able to figure out “who did it” right away. Not much to it.

Cheesy but still fun

Super cheesy, and easy to predict the ending, but still fun. Pretty on par with YA genre