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The Tenth Girl
by Sara Faring
Why was this book so dumb? *sigh*
The Tenth Girl is set in Argentina during the 1970s military regime. Mavi's mother was a freedom fighter who was taken away by police, never to be heard from again. To escape being captured herself, 18-year-old Mavi fakes a college degree and applies to be a new teacher at an isolated girls' boarding school in Patagonia. As soon as Mavi arrives, she senses that something is not right at this school...
If The Tenth Girl were more of a traditional horror story, it would have worked a lot better. Sure, the plot is a bit cliche (the school is haunted because its colonial founders are cursed by the wronged Zapuche tribe), but most YA horror is. But no, there has to be a time-traveling "ghost" and a "twist" at the end that completely invalidates the entire first 2/3 of the book. What a waste of my time.
The Tenth Girl is set in Argentina during the 1970s military regime. Mavi's mother was a freedom fighter who was taken away by police, never to be heard from again. To escape being captured herself, 18-year-old Mavi fakes a college degree and applies to be a new teacher at an isolated girls' boarding school in Patagonia. As soon as Mavi arrives, she senses that something is not right at this school...
If The Tenth Girl were more of a traditional horror story, it would have worked a lot better. Sure, the plot is a bit cliche (the school is haunted because its colonial founders are cursed by the wronged Zapuche tribe), but most YA horror is. But no, there has to be a time-traveling "ghost" and a "twist" at the end that completely invalidates the entire first 2/3 of the book. What a waste of my time.