A review by tabitha_thorns
The Girls from Corona del Mar by Rufi Thorpe

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-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

5.0

Rufi Thorpe writes complicated young women so, so well. This story was raw and heartfelt and heartbreaking and striking and above all good

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Animal death, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Violence, Abandonment

Moderate: Child death, Death, Murder, War

Graphic dog death, graphic depictions of neglect of a disabled child