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City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

51 reviews

marissa_roo's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny inspiring fast-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

5.0

Wow! What starts as a monologue and tends to wax poetic quickly pulled me in with the vivid picture of life that it was painting. There is sex - but real, honest, gritty, sometimes messy, sometimes fantastic, just like real life. The world is rich, and while the page count may be high it flies by. I had 'one more page' moments as well as some dread of events yet to come. It was beautiful.

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jdawg1's review

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adventurous dark emotional funny reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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greenlivingaudioworm's review

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adventurous challenging emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

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leonormsousa's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

REPRESENTATION

lesbian SCs, LI w/ PTSD, PoC SC

QUOTE

“Anyway, at some point in a woman’s life, she just gets tired of being ashamed all the time. After that, she is free to become whoever she truly is.”

GENERAL OPINION

I devoured and loved this book!
It's super addicting, which I wasn't expecting from historical fiction.
Love the topic of women's liberation as well as the ones that are "left behind" during war.
It does non-likeable-main-character perfectly.
A bit slow at first but definitely picks up after the first one-third.
Felt like the romance at the end was unnecessary and would have preferred it if it wasn't a part of the book. However, considering that is there, wouldn't have done it a different way.

READ IF YOU ENJOY

non likeable and flawed main characters
self-aware narrator
New York as a setting
glamour, theatre and fashion
women in a liberation and self-discovery journey

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ellieisreading's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective 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? Yes

3.75

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rachc5's review against another edition

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5

I loved everything about this book, except that it was a letter written to an almost irrelevant character.

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greatexpectations77's review

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adventurous challenging funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

I enjoyed this very much and moved through it quickly. Ms. Gilbert has quite a knack for fiction, which surprised me a little because not everyone can do both fiction and non-fiction so well. A fun tale of the young and stupid days of our 20s, and the selfishness that keeps us alive. Also very interesting look at the impact of war.

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