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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
An interesting book, less gruesome than I thought it would be. It’s about a young lady who grew up terribly abused by her parents, until she managed to escape and get help for them all. It unfolds slowly as you get to see more of the abuse and how it is a slow decline to the nightmare. It goes through the relationships between the siblings and your view of each one changes as more information is dished out. An interesting portrayal of how abuse destroys lives and the resilience of the human spirit
Wrong book at the wrong time.
Sometimes books are overhyped and mis-sold. I could appreciate many things about Girl A but after being completely enthralled by book after book after book recently, I just didn't care very deeply about this character or her siblings. Yes, the writing was sharp but the hopping around of timelines exhausted me and it became a chore. This isn't Room, or Educated. It clearly works for a lot of people, just not me right now.
Sometimes books are overhyped and mis-sold. I could appreciate many things about Girl A but after being completely enthralled by book after book after book recently, I just didn't care very deeply about this character or her siblings. Yes, the writing was sharp but the hopping around of timelines exhausted me and it became a chore. This isn't Room, or Educated. It clearly works for a lot of people, just not me right now.
This book is *boring*! Everything interesting has already happened by the time the narration begins, and the whole novel feels like one interminable, tedious epilogue to the gripping story that, unfortunately, was never written--the one about the protagonist's horrific childhood, her fight for survival and her escape.
All we get in "Girl A" is exposition and whiny monologues.
It doesn't help that the audiobook's narrator reads all 11 hours of it in a plaintive, doleful voice, that is about as pleasant to listen to as nails on a blackboard.
Definitely didn't live up to the hype!
All we get in "Girl A" is exposition and whiny monologues.
It doesn't help that the audiobook's narrator reads all 11 hours of it in a plaintive, doleful voice, that is about as pleasant to listen to as nails on a blackboard.
Definitely didn't live up to the hype!
Marketed as a thriller, reads more as a life story following a traumatic family upbringing and returning to the scene of the crime.
This took me months to trudge through, on the back it reads "the biggest thriller since Gone Girl" so I prepped myself for some twists and turns, but all I got was confusion and disappointment. Each chapter is labeled "Girl A" "Boy B" etc. You'd expect to be following each childs story of the events but it's loosely based on them from "Girl A's perspective". The chapters are incredibly long and drawn out, the time jumps are sporadic and takes a bit to realize what's going on per paragraph.
Would not recommend as a thriller, reads more as a family coping with a horribly traumatic past and it influenced their adulthood.
This took me months to trudge through, on the back it reads "the biggest thriller since Gone Girl" so I prepped myself for some twists and turns, but all I got was confusion and disappointment. Each chapter is labeled "Girl A" "Boy B" etc. You'd expect to be following each childs story of the events but it's loosely based on them from "Girl A's perspective". The chapters are incredibly long and drawn out, the time jumps are sporadic and takes a bit to realize what's going on per paragraph.
Would not recommend as a thriller, reads more as a family coping with a horribly traumatic past and it influenced their adulthood.
Well, an awful lot of people seemed to love this, but it didn't do it for me. Lex is Girl A. She's now an adult, but she was one of several children rescued from the "House of Horrors". The story is told in the now, and the then, with no distinction between then two. You just work it out as you're reading. And both are very slow with not much happening. It was OK, but I didn't love the writing. I wasn't engaged. The content didn't bother me, but it would definitely bother some
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This went in such a different direction than I was expecting and I did not care for it. It had major The Glass Castle vibes, just with less love towards the parents. Also now that I think about it, less camaraderie between the siblings as well.
Lex Gracie grew up in a house of neglect and child abuse. It's clear from her memories that she hated it then just as much as she hates it now. Her siblings are a bit of a different story. With the winding and super confusing time skips, we learn snippets of the different abuse each child faced while also learning about how it shaped them today. This felt like more of a "who grew up more fucked up" and less of "how did they survive and cope with this" kind of story.
I liked it a little more as I got used to reading it so I'm not giving it an absolute 1 star, but I definitely will not be picking this up again nor will I recommend it to people.
Lex Gracie grew up in a house of neglect and child abuse. It's clear from her memories that she hated it then just as much as she hates it now. Her siblings are a bit of a different story. With the winding and super confusing time skips, we learn snippets of the different abuse each child faced while also learning about how it shaped them today. This felt like more of a "who grew up more fucked up" and less of "how did they survive and cope with this" kind of story.
I liked it a little more as I got used to reading it so I'm not giving it an absolute 1 star, but I definitely will not be picking this up again nor will I recommend it to people.