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acwoodruff 's review for:
Girls Burn Brighter
by Shobha Rao
3.5 stars
First of all, I really struggled with how to rate this. In literally so many ways this should be a new favourite book of mine. I love multiculturalism, I love a raw story, I love a strong female friendship dynamic... But there was something missing for me. The central drive seemed to dip in some places and therefore the plot would stall and then the end?? Like what the heck, I read this whole story,I got connected with all of these characters and then I was left with no resolution.
A lot of people really didn't like the "series of unfortunate events" and said they were too brutal and used as plot devices. While this is not an easy story by any means (please see out tw's if you need to), I didn't think that the brutality was unnecessary. I think these things happen very often in the real world and the eye opening of that is a very important component of the story.
So yeah, I am stuck. I'd say middle of the road, but I can't do that either because I know I enjoyed the storytelling more than that so a 3.5? Also really random but this is literally the first floppy paperback I've come across in the UK and it was a joy to read.
First of all, I really struggled with how to rate this. In literally so many ways this should be a new favourite book of mine. I love multiculturalism, I love a raw story, I love a strong female friendship dynamic... But there was something missing for me. The central drive seemed to dip in some places and therefore the plot would stall and then the end?? Like what the heck, I read this whole story,I got connected with all of these characters and then I was left with no resolution.
A lot of people really didn't like the "series of unfortunate events" and said they were too brutal and used as plot devices. While this is not an easy story by any means (please see out tw's if you need to), I didn't think that the brutality was unnecessary. I think these things happen very often in the real world and the eye opening of that is a very important component of the story.
So yeah, I am stuck. I'd say middle of the road, but I can't do that either because I know I enjoyed the storytelling more than that so a 3.5? Also really random but this is literally the first floppy paperback I've come across in the UK and it was a joy to read.