A review by cseibs
Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed

1.0

There should be a disclaimer on books about incest. Not a trigger warning per se but just a heads up because I felt it was pretty deceptive to say this was a "coming of age story" when it really was all rape and incest. And as far as I could tell rape and incest without a purpose. There were too many plot holes and inconsistencies to make the flaws forgivable. I still don't know what message Melamed is trying to send by having the one daughter who was obedient and didn't rebel survive and get away. And it seems almost disingenuous to make it Vanessa's story in the end when it really was Janey's and Amanda's stories throughout. Icky and pointless.