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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
Not really The Girls meets Fight Club.
I would say more like Mean Girls meets [b:The Secret History|29044|The Secret History|Donna Tartt|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1451554846l/29044._SY75_.jpg|221359], but more like a fanfic version of each, if that makes sense?
I really enjoyed it, because I'm kind of a sucker for everything in here and remember being a teenage girl who took everything way to seriously and mythologized what I read, but it feels very familiar.
A lot of it feels very Secret History-like, but it feels like what could happen if you read that book, took it too seriously and tried to live inside of it. Also [b:The Wives of Bath|227789|The Wives of Bath|Susan Swan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388769078l/227789._SY75_.jpg|1465396] is a pretty apt comparison. It also returns to some things from Burton's [b:Social Creature|34909789|Social Creature|Tara Isabella Burton|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1518794075l/34909789._SY75_.jpg|56171634], like an obsessive friendship between a mousy/milquetoast girl and a glamourous/ethereal girl (though in different ways) and involves passionate screaming poetry and diving in water.
The central relationships are very Mean Girls, like what if there was a love triangle between Janis, Regina and Cady?
I would say more like Mean Girls meets [b:The Secret History|29044|The Secret History|Donna Tartt|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1451554846l/29044._SY75_.jpg|221359], but more like a fanfic version of each, if that makes sense?
I really enjoyed it, because I'm kind of a sucker for everything in here and remember being a teenage girl who took everything way to seriously and mythologized what I read, but it feels very familiar.
A lot of it feels very Secret History-like, but it feels like what could happen if you read that book, took it too seriously and tried to live inside of it. Also [b:The Wives of Bath|227789|The Wives of Bath|Susan Swan|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1388769078l/227789._SY75_.jpg|1465396] is a pretty apt comparison. It also returns to some things from Burton's [b:Social Creature|34909789|Social Creature|Tara Isabella Burton|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1518794075l/34909789._SY75_.jpg|56171634], like an obsessive friendship between a mousy/milquetoast girl and a glamourous/ethereal girl (though in different ways) and involves passionate screaming poetry and diving in water.
The central relationships are very Mean Girls, like what if there was a love triangle between Janis, Regina and Cady?
disliked the writing style & couldn’t get myself to care about the characters
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
if all your friends jumped off a cliff, would you do it too?
oy this wasn’t great. idk i dont really get what the author was going for and they all turned out to be awful except isobel’s gf. it was an insanely fast read though I’ll give it that
this book was such a quick read but it’s sat with me every since i finished it. deceptively simple with one of the most intricately disturbing characters i’ve ever read about
Started off strong, seemed promising, and ended as one of the most boring, self-indulgent books I've ever read. The characters are flat and don't make much sense. Laura's obsession with Virginia had potential serve the plot but both characters were just so, so shallow. I would not consider this dark-academia. Also the fact that this book claims to be about queer desire is laughable- was Laura supposed to be in love with Virginia? Was it about Virginia and Isobel? There were queer characters and couples but this book did not live up to the hype, and the author didn't write queer desire in an even slightly convincing way.