A review by lauren_the_bookworm
The Book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir

dark emotional fast-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This book was great! It follows Essie who is a member of the Hicks family, a Christian family who have a reality show about their life. When things start to go wrong, the story shows how Essie and her mother manipulate the situation to suit their own lives. I though the story was very believable and was told in a way that you believed you could be reading a memoir. Often I found myself feeling sorry for different characters for different reasons and then hating them in the next second. The secondary story of Liberty was also a great addition. 
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