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A review by lyakimov
Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
2.0
Well...this was SOMETHING. I went into this book expecting one thing, which was to read about beauty queens on an abandoned island, but came out of it with a full story and totally a plot that I was not expecting.
I feel like the messages were portrayed in a pretty realistic way, in terms of the objectifying of women and the slut-shaming. The character development for all of the girls was really interesting, but I still felt like the development was rushed.
I also felt like the romances were rushed in the novel, from one to the other it's just so dang fast-paced. Not that you can really flesh out multiple romances in a standalone about a bunch of girls, so it's not really that much of an issue for me.
I loved the writing style and how easily it was to read this book, and I liked the snarkiness that all the characters had, and that the Corporation had in all their commercials and their "alternate versions" of events. (That "alternate version" thing made me laugh so hard idk why). And I also really loved Taylor, but her development, if you could even call it that, was too rushed, and I don't believe she could've gone that far into the deep end that fast.
Overall, this book was just crazy and weird and went very unexpected ways. It's probably a 3.75, rounded up to a four.
I feel like the messages were portrayed in a pretty realistic way, in terms of the objectifying of women and the slut-shaming. The character development for all of the girls was really interesting, but I still felt like the development was rushed.
I also felt like the romances were rushed in the novel, from one to the other it's just so dang fast-paced. Not that you can really flesh out multiple romances in a standalone about a bunch of girls, so it's not really that much of an issue for me.
I loved the writing style and how easily it was to read this book, and I liked the snarkiness that all the characters had, and that the Corporation had in all their commercials and their "alternate versions" of events. (That "alternate version" thing made me laugh so hard idk why). And I also really loved Taylor, but her development, if you could even call it that, was too rushed, and I don't believe she could've gone that far into the deep end that fast.
Overall, this book was just crazy and weird and went very unexpected ways. It's probably a 3.75, rounded up to a four.