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The Girls by Emma Cline

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raisinreads's review against another edition

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dark reflective medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

It seems like her writing style is hit or miss w people, I quite enjoyed it. I do agree with other reviewers that the present day plotline added little.
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gardner0214's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad
  • 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

4.5

I am building a love for Emma Cline and her writing style after reading this book and The Guest. I have seen other reviews saying her books (specifically this one) are overwritten and like, yes, they are, but I like that. Her unique writting style allows her to describe the complexaties of girlhood in a way I have never seen done before. The horrors of womanhood creeping up on an unsuspecting girl. I loved it.

The only reason this isn't a full 5 stars is that the 'present day' story line was just lacking for me. I understood its purpose, she is seeing Sasha experience something similar to what she did as a kid, but it wasn't fleshed out enough and just felt like an interruption to the actual story in 1969. 
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jhege's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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

5.0

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duchesscg's review against another edition

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I’d heard a lot of hype about this book ages ago and was excited to read it. I didn’t know much about it and had no idea it connected to the Manson cult (nor do I actually know much about the actual cult either). So I had little expectation beyond hearing this was a great read but unfortunately this hasn’t been the case for me. I’m finding the book pretty boring to read to be honest and judging by the other comments I don’t think that’s going to change.

This isn’t a poorly written book, the main character is fleshed out and the circumstances for her to be drawn in by this cult and the ways she’s manipulated by Suzanne and Russel are all believable but unfortunately something about the writing style is failing to make me feel strongly for anyone or the big reveal of the murder scene. DNFing at 53% and checking out my other library loans.
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panic_at_the_bookshelf's review against another edition

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

3.5

The build up and the basics of the plot were amazing and made you want to reach the ending of the story. However the ending was rather disappointing. I feel like there are still plenty of loose ends. 

Some scenes and characters felt rather empty. Sex was mentioned sooo many times. There are plenty of scenes where a minor is sexually involved with plenty of adults, often twice her age. Not sure if these scenes should have been this explicit.
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aliciajay's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense slow-paced

4.25

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yoyi_beth's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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shay_books's review against another edition

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challenging dark tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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coleslawcowgirl's review against another edition

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dark sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

Main character, Evie Boyd, answers the age-old question, "What would it take for you to join a cult?" 

Her answer: A hot woman who is kind of mean to her. 

And I'm not going to fault her for that because same.  
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issyd23's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Like a more interesting version of Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 4⭐️
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