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Girl A by Abigail Dean

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hailthejessiah's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Haunting. Stayed with me for days afterwards.

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tanja_reads_'s review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

This was a dark and depressing read, but it was still something that kept me hooked. You can see how it was influenced by the story of the Turpin Family. Instead of focusing on the cause of the suffering we are given the chance to read about how abuse, the spotlight and trauma impact the lives of the Gracie children after they are rescued. I do wish that each chapter that was named after each child did have more of their POV so we can understand how or why they ended up the way they did. Overall it was good - if a little lacking in some depth.

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soobooksalot's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

3.0

"Don't you ever get tired," she said, "of hating them?"
"Not really," I said. "No."
Girl A is an example of where the premise of a book was more, for me, than the execution.
I've had this one waiting on my TBR shelf for awhile. The story was interesting and well-written, but the pacing was off for me.
There are a lot of central characters in the troubled Gracie family that took a bit to differentiate, and much back and forth in time.
It all comws together in the end, though!
Girl A is ultimately worth checking out.

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raix's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced

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

3.5

I felt like I wanted to keep reading and know more! I thought this was a good exploration of how siblings who grew up in the same environment can turn out many different ways. Although the case in the book has similarities to some that have been in the news lately, the characters made it feel unique. I'm not sure how I felt about the reveal near the end, it was a little bit incongruous with the rest of the book, but I did enjoy how it ended.

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anastasia_okodure's review against another edition

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dark medium-paced

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

2.0

The concept was interesting, unfortunately, the substance and the form were not. The highlights of the book were certainly the flashbacks to the past, but they were scattered all over the place, making the narrative was often quite difficult to follow. There were a lot of loose ends to the story and the ending was ambiguous and disappointing.

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elenikin's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Excellent storytelling but sad (mentions child abuse). It was interesting to see how the siblings dealt with it, each in their own way. Nice closure at the end.

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