A review by katiesendlesstbr
Justine by Forsyth Harmon

2.0

This just was NOT it. While the drawings in this book seemed fun, it was not a good enough gimmick to make up for the... lack in this book. I say lack because truly there was just so much missing in this. I can get behind clinical, sparse writing, and I can also enjoy something that is more character study than plot, but when combined like they are in this book, it's like I'm reading... nothing. A few sentences here and there would pack a punch, but usually this book just really showed me why english teachers tell you to use different words at the start of sentences, it was so repetitive. Nothing felt important at all; even the big surprises at the end passed over me because there was no build up in the story or writing. All of this to say, there are a million books about coming of age, young women obsessed with each other, slice of life, etc. and, in my opinion, I'd rather pick up a different one.