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3.34 AVERAGE
3.34 AVERAGE
Taking place at an all-girls boarding school in Connecticut, the story unfolds after a long-time teacher is very publicly accused of sexual assault on a student years ago. Using a different character's perspective in each chapter, the book uses this style to showcase the extent to which this incident affects different people and the campus atmosphere overall. While you don't get to know any one character very well, it showcases the various reasons these girls chose a boarding school and the traditions of the school throughout the year. There is a bit of a mystery that unfolds over the course of the book as well which I liked. I also liked the emails and news articles between chapters and the ways it pushed the story forward. Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the advanced copy.
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-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
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
Yes
All Girls is a story about a year in the life of girls at a fictional prep school, Atwater, in Connecticut. Their lives are framed against the theme of an unearthed sexual assault between a teacher and student in the 1990s. During the course of the book, we see other experiences in that vein that some of the girls have had, and how they dealt with them in different ways. While I really appreciated that the book was well-written and I appreciated the feminist theme, the book fell a little flat for me. I think my issue was that there were so many characters that I just didn’t bond with or care about any of them. I think the book might have been better served if it focused on just a few of these girls, with the others as tertiary characters.