A review by ashleynichole
The Girls by Amy Goldman Koss

2.0

I was torn on weather or not I liked this book. When I save it from my friend's Goodwill box years ago she said it was like a watered down version of the Clique books but it wasn't anywhere near as juicy as The Clique books. The chapters alternate between girls without a set pattern so it was difficult to remember who was currently narrating the story and because so little time was spent on it, what background went with which character. The ringleader Candace lacked motivation of any kind and seeming ditched her friends for no reason and the ditched friends became all who cares let's be friends without her much to fast. No time was wasted on realistic emotions.

The minimal plot failed to grab me and it felt like nothing was happening even thou arguably there were 'things' happening just not very exciting things. The dialog was blah and the writing lacked creative flair. If you wanted to read about middle school drama go read a Clique book instead.