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adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
4.5 if i could. sort of gave me a hazy, stream of consciousness vibe. what happened? who knows?
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
dark
mysterious
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:
No
I enjoyed this. At times it was so poetic it stopped me and I had to sit with the authors words. For example, "Every happiness held its own ruin inside of it like a glass waiting to be smashed."
Honestly, girlhood, especially the preteen girlhood was hell for me. It was confusing and frankly brutal. These girls are codependent, obsessive, lonely, without guidance, and even if they had it they wouldn't want it, just like I was back then.
Clawing at the sides of life, hoping to find some semblance of belonging while establishing autonomy.
I wouldn't go back to that time of my life. This book made me remember why I wouldn't go back and left me with the neverending questions, what actually happened and why? What did it all mean?
I have no clue and I think that is the point, to recreate the helpless cage of girlhood that houses the fierceness we hold inside.
Also, if you have any ideas about the metaphor of the stone, or maybe a literal interpretation of it, please comment below. I am curious!
Honestly, girlhood, especially the preteen girlhood was hell for me. It was confusing and frankly brutal. These girls are codependent, obsessive, lonely, without guidance, and even if they had it they wouldn't want it, just like I was back then.
Clawing at the sides of life, hoping to find some semblance of belonging while establishing autonomy.
I wouldn't go back to that time of my life. This book made me remember why I wouldn't go back and left me with the neverending questions, what actually happened and why? What did it all mean?
I have no clue and I think that is the point, to recreate the helpless cage of girlhood that houses the fierceness we hold inside.
Also, if you have any ideas about the metaphor of the stone, or maybe a literal interpretation of it, please comment below. I am curious!
dark
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I had such high hopes for this, and the collective narration was promising. The prose was also excellent. The book hits a rough patch at "the audition" – when one could say a plot actually begins. A collective narrator gets confusing when Characters start Doing Things, which was clear when the collective "we" narrator still named individuals. "Christian ran off but we stayed." "Isabela yelled and we told her to be quiet." I think I understood what the author was attempting, but it didn't work for me. I would have maybe preferred an "and then there were none" style of narration to the collective pronouns.
There's also a lot going on for a book that feels like just vibes. I'm really not sure I understood the entirety of the actual events of the story, distracted by the unearthly narration. I think the story straddles a line between vibes and plot and it does it well, but I didn't enjoy that element of it.
There's also a lot going on for a book that feels like just vibes. I'm really not sure I understood the entirety of the actual events of the story, distracted by the unearthly narration. I think the story straddles a line between vibes and plot and it does it well, but I didn't enjoy that element of it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Miscarriage, Pedophilia
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very atmospheric and I sped through it, but I don’t think this is something I’ll really think all that much about as time goes on. Interesting exploration of girlhood, but I don’t think I fully understood what was going on or what was being said.