A review by bookstarbri
Girlmode by Magdalene Visaggio

emotional sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.5

Unfortunately this book had one of my least favorite things: characters forgiving other characters too easily/apologizing when other characters do them wrong. Poor Phoebe had SO many awful people in her life and she forgave them far too easily for my liking. I hated all of Phoebe’s friends. The only two people who weren’t absolutely horrendous to her were her dad and surf instructor. Everyone was else was terrible and this would’ve been fine except i wish Phoebe hadn’t allowed some of them back into her life at all. Also, this book had some pretty heavy themes brought up and literally no real resolution or further depth to several. This book moves relatively quickly, so i just didn’t understand the purpose of bringing up some of these plot points (Mackenzie’s play,
the SA at the party,
or Phoebe’s mother for example) if they weren’t going to flesh out those side plots more. There were a lot of other small things i could gripe about, but I digress. This one just wasn’t a winner for me. 
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