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Girl Made of Stars by Ashley Herring Blake

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booksawyer's review against another edition

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

4.75

Girl Made of Stars is a timely, powerfully thought provoking, and painfully realistic read. It explores the world we live in, where people can do terrible things and all to often evade all the consequences. However, I did leave the book with a sense of hope, even if buried beneath substantial trauma and pain. 

Mara, the main character, felt like a real person with passions, conflicting feelings, and memories that haunt her. She is strong, even if she doesn’t know it, it is rewarding to see her grow throughout the story. 

There was one scene in the book that was so disturbing that I needed to put down the book for minute. This scene dealt with SA and pedophilia, so I recommend paying attention to all the trigger warnings before picking up this book. 

Girl Made of Stars is a book that will stay with me for a long time, becoming a lasting favorite. 
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caughtbetweenpages's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I don't know that I can say I like this book. But I do think it is important, and I wish I'd had it when I was much younger. AHB does a great job of illustrating how rape culture beats down its victims/those most vulnerable in order to protect and coddle perpetrators, and how even those closest to you will sometimes disbelieve you when you challenge their preconceptions about the morality of certain men (yes, women and nonbinary people can also be rapists. But statistically speaking, and in terms of Who Does The Cis-Heteropatriarchy Protect From the Consequences of Their Actions? Yeah.). Definitely proceed with caution with this book if it's one that hits close to home. 
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imstephtacular's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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_mar_'s review against another edition

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emotional reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

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mir_frog73's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

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apf3's review

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I think that its pretty intense and that you should look for the content warnings
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