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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
✧ — 4 stars.
❝Sometimes it feels like a trap, doesn't it?❞
Ms. Layden, hand in marriage, please. This novel was brilliant and really resonated with me as a private school girl. The author did a brilliant job of narrating the multiple perspectives of the girls and talking about something so serious and rampant in this community.
Starting with the brilliant:
* I really liked Bryce. This is probably because she was implied to have a difficult relationship with her mother and I am a gold star member of the club lmfao so retweet. I think her characterization was gorgeous and so well-written.
* The author had 3D characters which is a huge thing because a lot of characters in novels are not and therefore take away my ability to be like YES when I read about them.
* The private school atmosphere was writing perfectly. I felt like I was back in my own again and had to put the book down to wipe my brain of the memories. Love that for me.
Ending with the not so brilliant, but still good:
* The pacing was a bit slow sometimes but not too slow that you were like "pack it up, rich hoes".
* F**k Emma lmao
* Olivia deserved better
* Poor Macy
All Girls is a lovely novel that encompasses the female experience at a private school and the sinking darkness you sometimes get trapped in because of it. Brilliant, lovely, perfect. Well done, Emily.
❝[...] a reflection of herself, one last chance to get it right.❞
✧
❝Sometimes it feels like a trap, doesn't it?❞
Ms. Layden, hand in marriage, please. This novel was brilliant and really resonated with me as a private school girl. The author did a brilliant job of narrating the multiple perspectives of the girls and talking about something so serious and rampant in this community.
Starting with the brilliant:
* I really liked Bryce. This is probably because she was implied to have a difficult relationship with her mother and I am a gold star member of the club lmfao so retweet. I think her characterization was gorgeous and so well-written.
* The author had 3D characters which is a huge thing because a lot of characters in novels are not and therefore take away my ability to be like YES when I read about them.
* The private school atmosphere was writing perfectly. I felt like I was back in my own again and had to put the book down to wipe my brain of the memories. Love that for me.
Ending with the not so brilliant, but still good:
* The pacing was a bit slow sometimes but not too slow that you were like "pack it up, rich hoes".
* F**k Emma lmao
* Olivia deserved better
* Poor Macy
All Girls is a lovely novel that encompasses the female experience at a private school and the sinking darkness you sometimes get trapped in because of it. Brilliant, lovely, perfect. Well done, Emily.
❝[...] a reflection of herself, one last chance to get it right.❞
✧
Rating: 3 stars.
I have mixed feelings about this. First of all, this definitely is not a mystery book, which I didn't really mind, but it also wasn't what I had expected from the blurb.
I feel like this book was definitely missing some structure and a solid plot line, I liked all the different POVs and stories individually and I think they told very important stories, but they just didn't go together. The story felt very disconnected and I couldn't really see what the point of the book was. I did like the friendships and individual characters, they all felt really personal and it was easy to really feel for the girls. I still think some POVs definitely should have been left out and those pages should have been used to build a more cohesive plot.
I also don't think this book really focused enough on the main problem it was supposed to deal with, it was much more about the individual girls and not as it seemed from the blurb. Which doesn't need to be a bad thing, it just wasn't what I expected.
I have mixed feelings about this. First of all, this definitely is not a mystery book, which I didn't really mind, but it also wasn't what I had expected from the blurb.
I feel like this book was definitely missing some structure and a solid plot line, I liked all the different POVs and stories individually and I think they told very important stories, but they just didn't go together. The story felt very disconnected and I couldn't really see what the point of the book was. I did like the friendships and individual characters, they all felt really personal and it was easy to really feel for the girls. I still think some POVs definitely should have been left out and those pages should have been used to build a more cohesive plot.
I also don't think this book really focused enough on the main problem it was supposed to deal with, it was much more about the individual girls and not as it seemed from the blurb. Which doesn't need to be a bad thing, it just wasn't what I expected.
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Minor: Self harm
I'm learning that books that are told as an anthology of many voices that never repeat are not my cup of tea. I will need to select more carefully in the future.
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape
I liked parts of this book and love a book with a boarding school setting, but I feel like some of the stories were throwaways and it would have better to have dug deeper into fewer of the girls’ experiences and relationships. I would have liked it better if the school scandal stayed further in the background.
While I appreciate the intent, this was very anticlimactic and the story got lost between all the unnecessary, constantly shifting POVs
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Alcohol