A review by librarydosebykristy
Tiny Pretty Things by Dhonielle Clayton, Sona Charaipotra

4.0

I picked this up because I saw there was a Netflix series coming out and I was curious. When I started this book, I thought it was Gossip Girl at Ballet School. And in many ways it is— cutthroat competition and backstabbing abounds. But I found this to be much more intense. Ballet sounds like a total nightmare machine- you can never be skinny enough, luminous enough, tough enough etc. The bullying and torture these girls experience and dole out is just brutal! And the detail in which they describe their disordered eating! So painful. And triggering, if I’m being honest.
Anyway, all of that is to say that this book was very powerful— not exactly pleasant reading but well done. I will
be curious to see how it is adapted for tv.

Recommended for readers who love high drama, ballet and mean girls on steroids.