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The Girls by Emma Cline

16 reviews

nykolereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, and Death

Moderate: Alcohol and Violence

Minor: Animal cruelty

kayesomething's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Violence, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Drug use, Alcohol, Toxic friendship, Blood, and Body shaming

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Ableism

lavieenrose's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Rape, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Ableism, and Body shaming

Minor: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Sexual content

kaylaraine23's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense 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? Yes

5.0

Unlike many, I really have no interest in the Manson murders and it actually initially turned me off from the books (cults have always creeped me out) but once I started, I felt almost embarrassingly drawn to it all, almost like Evie with Suzanne. I'm a sucker for a story that really examines the complex inner workings of a woman, particularly a young woman, and had to continuously remind myself that she was just 14 and Suzanne was just 19. Their bond, or the perceived one that Evie felt, was what really roped me in. Definitely gonna be thinking about them and this one for quite some time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Pedophilia, and Adult/minor relationship

Moderate: Murder, Violence, Child death, Toxic friendship, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

ellaaj's review against another edition

challenging dark slow-paced

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

3.0

This book is poetically written and often describes very ugly things in a beautiful way but at times, this feels too much. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug use, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Blood, Abortion, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

libraryghost's review against another edition

dark reflective tense slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexism, Drug use, Murder, Child death, Child abuse, Pedophilia, Adult/minor relationship, Blood, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Self harm, Animal cruelty, and Ableism

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