A review by lastpaige111
City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert

4.0

What a huge book. At first, I was peeved by the device of the narrator Vivian addressing someone named “Angela” to whom she is telling her life story, and bogged down by the weight of too many pages of wild excess she enjoyed. It was all so darkly alcohol and sex driven. But eventually, as Vivian confronts the mess she gets herself into, she becomes a full and deep character and her world much more than a playground.

By the end, I wanted to applaud. The soaring voice of the third act carried me through to the conclusion, and then I was sad we were saying goodbye.

Truly an unusual love story, this exceptional novel will stay with me.