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A review by trr51591
Flawless Girls by Anna-Marie McLemore
2.5
What the heck did I just read?
This is a YA horror book about Isla, whose sister, Renata, comes home from finishing school a totally different person. Isla suspects something happened there, so she enrolls herself to investigate. I appreciated the subtle creepiness of the school and its descriptions, but there was so much figurative language and dreams/hallucinations that it was hard to tell what was and was not real. Not much actually happened in terms of plot. While I appreciated the overall message being a critique on the patriarchy and the gender binary, along with some pretty descriptions, overall I had a hard time staying focused while reading. This book was not for me. Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review.
This is a YA horror book about Isla, whose sister, Renata, comes home from finishing school a totally different person. Isla suspects something happened there, so she enrolls herself to investigate. I appreciated the subtle creepiness of the school and its descriptions, but there was so much figurative language and dreams/hallucinations that it was hard to tell what was and was not real. Not much actually happened in terms of plot. While I appreciated the overall message being a critique on the patriarchy and the gender binary, along with some pretty descriptions, overall I had a hard time staying focused while reading. This book was not for me. Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for the advance copy in exchange for my honest review.