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I found the beginning difficult to believe in-- the introspection is over the top, the sections in the present are forced and weird, and the angst is so pungent and sexual that it's painful. Eventually, though, I started to see how a girl who has been told by society over and over again that her opinions only matter in relation to men could hitch her star to a charismatic group of anti-establishment live-and-let-die slackers. Plus, the book is called The Girls (rather than The Man) for a reason.
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This book will stay with me for a long time. Her ability to capture what it's like to be an insecure teenage girl desperate to be seen and loved is rare and *sharp*. One of the blurbs on the back of the book says that the author "has an unparalleled eye for the intricacies of girlhood...she reminds us that behind so many of our culture's fables exists a girl: unseen, unheard, angry." Evie's parents are too wrapped up in their own personal dramas to notice that their daughter is slipping away fro
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I waited for a long time for this from my local library.
I'm glad I waited to borrow rather than buy the book.
I was ultimately disappointed.
I felt the novel was too clever, trying too hard to be the great classic novel of teenage angst but ended up too over blown with language.
I liked the premise of the story and the era in which the book was set, however ultimately I felt the characters did not have the humanity to connect with the reader.
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I'm glad I waited to borrow rather than buy the book.
I was ultimately disappointed.
I felt the novel was too clever, trying too hard to be the great classic novel of teenage angst but ended up too over blown with language.
I liked the premise of the story and the era in which the book was set, however ultimately I felt the characters did not have the humanity to connect with the reader.
I would like to read another Emma Cline book in the ...more
3.5 stars. Didn't quite live up to all the hype for me. Well written, compelling story; I didn't connect with and/or care about the characters. Plus, cults totally creep me out.
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For the subject matter, the story was too mellow
That was most unsettling.
The most interesting part of this book is the synopsis. The writing itself is good in that gets under your skin and makes you keep reading way.
it was interesting for a minute.
Jul 16, 2016
Janine
marked it as to-read
Sep 22, 2016
Kate
marked it as to-read
Dec 18, 2016
Sarah McKenna
marked it as to-read
Nov 30, 2017
Rac
added it
