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Poor Girls
by Clare Whitfield
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Having read a previous novel by the author, I was excited to dive into this new release - thank you to NetGalley and Head of Zeus for the advance copy.
This is high-octane, with fantastic characterisation and writing that jumps off the page - I didn’t want to put the book down.
You feel as though you are friends with the women, who are members of The Forty Elephants gang in London, and seeing behind the curtain of their life hustling and ‘hoisting’ means you feel empathy for them, which isn’t usually the case with gangster novels, which this is - as well as being part-historical fiction, social history and fact; which is fascinating (I’m going to dive into the bibliography that is shared at the end of the book to learn more).
It’s an emotional book, and reveals a lot about the expectations placed on women at the time - 1920s - in term of what they were allowed, or not allowed to be or do.
This is high-octane, with fantastic characterisation and writing that jumps off the page - I didn’t want to put the book down.
You feel as though you are friends with the women, who are members of The Forty Elephants gang in London, and seeing behind the curtain of their life hustling and ‘hoisting’ means you feel empathy for them, which isn’t usually the case with gangster novels, which this is - as well as being part-historical fiction, social history and fact; which is fascinating (I’m going to dive into the bibliography that is shared at the end of the book to learn more).
It’s an emotional book, and reveals a lot about the expectations placed on women at the time - 1920s - in term of what they were allowed, or not allowed to be or do.