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The Broken Girls by Simone St. James

29 reviews

lampbee's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I like her books. Ghost mysteries sound stupid on paper but the way she does them makes them entertaining :) It wrapped up so well in a way I wasn’t necessarily expecting but one that was satisfying. Vivid imagery and solid characterization of what a girls school is like. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Abandonment, Violence, Hate crime, Murder, Death, Child death, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Police brutality, Addiction, Antisemitism, Genocide, and War

Obviously a lot of the book centers around how one of the school girls

was put into Ravensbruck for aiding her mother in the allied resistance of France

Her description is moderately graphic , there really should be a

holocaust content warning option

Also I walked into it thinking there would be copaganda but it was actually in the reverse which was crucial to liking the book.

literarykitten's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Child death, Antisemitism, Murder, and Violence

chris_reads's review against another edition

emotional informative mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Forced institutionalization, Violence, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Genocide, Torture, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Sexual content

ajay913's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, and Antisemitism

Minor: War and Addiction

rae_em's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder and Violence

Minor: War, Rape, and Child death

jillie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

4.0

I don’t know what Simone St. James puts in her books but i’m officially obsessed. I doubted how she would tie together the timelines but I shouldn’t have. 

This one took me a little longer to get into than The Book of Cold Cases and The Sun Down Motel, but I was engrossed once I got into it. I really enjoyed the ensemble cast. The romance in this one wasn’t my favorite but it’s such a small plot point that it doesn’t really affect anything. 

November 2023

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death, Antisemitism, Murder, and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape, Mental illness, Police brutality, and Sexual assault

quantumponies's review against another edition

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Rape

moonylovesstars's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

Honestly had me on edge the whole time. And for the first time I actually felt nervous when turning off the light at night. It captured me and I think it represented trauma pretty well. But some parts just didn’t peak my interest as much. But it was a good read over all.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Sexual assault, Violence, Mental illness, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Injury/Injury detail and Gore

bek67's review

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Second book by this author. I liked it, but I think I'm wanting more. Not sure how this is listed as horror. Yes, there are some ghosts, but I want more scare factor involved. Characters aren't significantly developed. They all seem a bit bland to me. I didn't dislike the characters, but I didn't love them either, so it was hard to connect. And enough of the gray eyed characters in books PLEASE! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Rape, Physical abuse, Violence, and Suicide attempt

pauinha6's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

It’s entirely horrible and sad and I absolutely loved it.

My chest was heavy with grief and and sympathy and horror throughout the entire book and yet Broken Girls got it’s claws around my heart and dove in, leaving a mark that will never disappear entirely.

The ugly, the tears, the rage… it’s all part of an amazing story, told in dual times but including more than that. From the 1940’s till 2014. The generational grief in this book is something i hope we never forget.

Historical fiction with very real events, mystery, murder, thriller, supernatural, psychological horror, romance, evil women and bad ass smart girls, it has it all. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Child abuse, and Gaslighting