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soldroolz's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
sara is my godqueenwife.
cascadingcause's review
1.0
This book romanticises so many terrible things. It’s just one stupid mistake after another. Yes, it’s a teenage girl. But it’s just so hard to believe someone can be that stupid. The only reason I finished this “faux edgy wannabe” book was because I’m trying to meet my challenge. Disappointed I spent money on the book.
bigrepmireya's review against another edition
3.0
I wasn't sure about this book at first but the ending was very good.
yangyvonne's review
4.0
Sara is just 16 and living in a quaint town in Canada, but she has a burning desire in her to do something, go somewhere. She is fascinated by a teen rebel, Justine, and in the span of one week, goes from a loner tomboy to a suspect in an attempted murder. In between, she befriends a teenage hooker, is taken-in by a gay man who cuts and dyes her hair, goes to a party at a house owned by a heroin dealer, cuts a fellow student with a knife and is expelled and helps the hooker (Alice) fleece a John for his money so Alice can leave town. Meanwhile, her mom is in a cult in CA and her hippie dad has abandoned her when he caught her masturbating in the garden.
The book is all in Sara's voice, so you are never quite sure what is real and what is in her head. Add to that the lack of any quotations used by the author and this is one confusing story. I never understood her need to follow Justine and why she was okay with going to prison. You never learn enough about her past in the cult to see why she is unable to assimilate now. Maybe it is my own age, but it just seems so self-indulgent and detached from any teen angst or coming-of-age that I could relate to. And her escape from juvenile hall was also unrealistic and very sad - she is now a runaway for a crime she didn't commit and no high school degree 11 days from graduation (at 16??)
The book is all in Sara's voice, so you are never quite sure what is real and what is in her head. Add to that the lack of any quotations used by the author and this is one confusing story. I never understood her need to follow Justine and why she was okay with going to prison. You never learn enough about her past in the cult to see why she is unable to assimilate now. Maybe it is my own age, but it just seems so self-indulgent and detached from any teen angst or coming-of-age that I could relate to. And her escape from juvenile hall was also unrealistic and very sad - she is now a runaway for a crime she didn't commit and no high school degree 11 days from graduation (at 16??)
mollyfy's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
coralnaudet's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Unorganized. Sounds like an angsty 14-year-old wrote it. If I could give this book 0 stars I would. Suffered through it.
ljbentley27's review
1.0
The Torn Skirt by Rebecca Godfrey is about teenager Sarah Shaw and how she manages to ruin her life in one week. That seems a fairly simple explanation but to be honest I couldn’t even begin to describe the intricacies of this story. It is too complex and not in a good way.
The book felt very contrived. It has been written with the intent to be as controversial as possible. It includes knife fights, family communes, teenage prostitution, juvenile delinquency, masturbation, drugs and attempted murder. Ok, a lot of books have these issues in them. My problem is that it all comes out of nowhere. There is no plausible reason why Sarah Shaw suddenly starts acting in the way she does. There is no build up to it. It just seems to happen rather instantly.
As a reader, I don’t need all the answers however The Torn Skirt has ambiguous an implausible roots that I just couldn’t understand or like it. This is one that I wish I had left at the very bottom of my TBR pile.
The Torn Skirt by Rebecca Godfrey is available now.
The book felt very contrived. It has been written with the intent to be as controversial as possible. It includes knife fights, family communes, teenage prostitution, juvenile delinquency, masturbation, drugs and attempted murder. Ok, a lot of books have these issues in them. My problem is that it all comes out of nowhere. There is no plausible reason why Sarah Shaw suddenly starts acting in the way she does. There is no build up to it. It just seems to happen rather instantly.
As a reader, I don’t need all the answers however The Torn Skirt has ambiguous an implausible roots that I just couldn’t understand or like it. This is one that I wish I had left at the very bottom of my TBR pile.
The Torn Skirt by Rebecca Godfrey is available now.
drewsof's review
3.0
Loved the singularity of voice, but ultimately found the novel a bit too difficult to read. There's an unsparing bleakness here and I just wasn't quite in the mood for that. For fans of MARLENA and its ilk who are looking for something that goes way, way darker.