A review by corinnaxsophie
Wilder Girls by Rory Power

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

After reading the authors interview at the end of the book, I think the idea of it all is genius. Portraying girls as wild and somewhat ugly, imperfect and selfish is interesting and necessary. 
Overall I was missing the depth of the characters especially and I feel like it would have suited the story more to make a slower paced novel or a series with multiple books. 
I was trying to understand the three main characters but a lot of things were just mentioned and then dropped
for example byatts history of making up stories
 

I couldn’t really understand the persons they really were at the core and even though I enjoyed the wlw representation, it just fell short and wasn’t really fitting into the storyline. A good book that could have been amazing with a little more time!
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