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A review by teatales
Take Three Girls by Simmone Howell, Fiona Wood, Cath Crowley
5.0
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Excellent book!!! I loved it a lot!!! I like using exclamation marks!!
The plot is centered around a private school wellness program (EXTREMELY RELATABLE) which forces three ~unlikely friends~ - Ady, Clem and Kate - together. The wellness program is designed in response to the general culture of St Hilda's, particularly because of the issues surrounding the toxic gossip site PSST. The three girls have to look past the preconceptions they have of one another, learn more about themselves and ultimately get up to fabulous hi-jinks, shenanigans, and FEMINIST REVOLUTIONS!
Best bits:
- The writing: super engaging, I felt that it was quite true to life for Year 10 students without being too try hard with slang etc.
- The format: although the three perspectives took a bit of time to get used to (just cause my brain is like that) I loved how it was formatted. Each section starting with a Wellness worksheet, with regular first-person narrative, journal entries, and PSST posts in between. Also the slightly different fonts really assisted me in remembering who was talking.
- The characters: I loved the main three so much, and the secondary characters were great too (especially my man Oliver who I grew to love so much!). I liked how different all the protags were while still ending up as great friends. They all had different aspirations and focuses, but had lots in common too (like family issues, not knowing what to do with the future etc.) Relatable stuff no matter who you are!
- The plot: I love, love, LOVE the plot! Each girl has their own problems and things going on, and they have issues that overlap. Teaming up in the face of misogyny from all sides (internalised or otherwise) and all the drama that Year 10 brings to ultimately Come Through The Otherside and Embrace Being Yourself - FANTASTIC!
Any drawbacks?
- I'm so bad at keeping up with characters and this book had like fifteen, so it was a struggle for me (very much a personal issue)
- Told in three alternating perspectives which some readers might not like
- I felt like Max could've used more development as a character. I feel like I didn't get to know her in the same way I did Oliver or Ben.
I felt the creepiness and grossness of Stu was never properly addressed as much as I would have wanted it to be. 19 year olds shouldn't date 16 year olds - end of story!
cw: misogyny, slut-shaming, underage drinking, (brief) violence, alcoholism, drug addiction, bullying, homophobia, fatphobia, mentions of eating disorders and disordered eating, discussions of poor body image, sex, relationship between a 19 and 16 year old.
Excellent book!!! I loved it a lot!!! I like using exclamation marks!!
The plot is centered around a private school wellness program (EXTREMELY RELATABLE) which forces three ~unlikely friends~ - Ady, Clem and Kate - together. The wellness program is designed in response to the general culture of St Hilda's, particularly because of the issues surrounding the toxic gossip site PSST. The three girls have to look past the preconceptions they have of one another, learn more about themselves and ultimately get up to fabulous hi-jinks, shenanigans, and FEMINIST REVOLUTIONS!
Best bits:
- The writing: super engaging, I felt that it was quite true to life for Year 10 students without being too try hard with slang etc.
- The format: although the three perspectives took a bit of time to get used to (just cause my brain is like that) I loved how it was formatted. Each section starting with a Wellness worksheet, with regular first-person narrative, journal entries, and PSST posts in between. Also the slightly different fonts really assisted me in remembering who was talking.
- The characters: I loved the main three so much, and the secondary characters were great too (especially my man Oliver who I grew to love so much!). I liked how different all the protags were while still ending up as great friends. They all had different aspirations and focuses, but had lots in common too (like family issues, not knowing what to do with the future etc.) Relatable stuff no matter who you are!
- The plot: I love, love, LOVE the plot! Each girl has their own problems and things going on, and they have issues that overlap. Teaming up in the face of misogyny from all sides (internalised or otherwise) and all the drama that Year 10 brings to ultimately Come Through The Otherside and Embrace Being Yourself - FANTASTIC!
Any drawbacks?
- I'm so bad at keeping up with characters and this book had like fifteen, so it was a struggle for me (very much a personal issue)
- Told in three alternating perspectives which some readers might not like
- I felt like Max could've used more development as a character. I feel like I didn't get to know her in the same way I did Oliver or Ben.
cw: misogyny, slut-shaming, underage drinking, (brief) violence, alcoholism, drug addiction, bullying, homophobia, fatphobia, mentions of eating disorders and disordered eating, discussions of poor body image, sex, relationship between a 19 and 16 year old.