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Girl A by Abigail Dean
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2.5 stars

I was super exited to read this book. From the description on the cover it seemed to be a perfect read for me. Well, it was not.

It's not that this book isn't good. It probably is. I just couldn't get myself into this story. Didn't feel connected to the main character, Girl A. Lex was to me a distant cousin of which I hear something from time to time but it never really interests me. And with all the pain and horrors involved in this story I should feel much much more for her then I actually did.

One thing I found particularly interesting in this book was how different were the siblings despite going through the same trauma as kids. Even taking into consideration that they were at different age when got out of the House of Horrors, so had different memories and suffered more or less than the others. It is fascinating to see how human brain is working, how it is adjusting to such a tough upbringing. And of course it was not only the physical pain, but also psychological.

For me "Girl A" was definitely interesting book to read about trauma and how different people are getting better (or not) after suffering so much. But that would be about it in terms of what I found to be good in this book. Would definitely like to hear more stories from other kids rather than have only one point of view. Plus there is so much wasted potential to the Girl A as a character herself that I almost would like her to be 'remade' in a way so I could connect with her on some deeper level.