Paula Nguyen’s Reviews > City of Girls > Status Update

actually I might need to reflect more before a rating; might change it a few times lol

I didn't think historical fiction was my thing until I read this book since Lovely War took place in the same time period and was such a dud and even more romantic than City of Girls; I can't really say what I really liked about this book - maybe a combination of the prose and DeePLy flawed characters that caused a lot of self reflection; I guess I'll give it a 4

I guess Angela was important to Frank so that means she was indirectly important to Vivian too; also Vivian never really gave off the impression that she's deep enough to connect with such a serious and damaged guy since the first half was full of her irresponsibility; it's plausible that she grew a lot in the next 20ish years but it wasn't shown so ... not sure about that one chief

I had a lot of thoughts while reading but now they're all gone; kind of a unique experience I'm not sure whether to give this a 3 or 4 star rating; the writing was really good in my opinion, especially the dialogue; the section about Frank was kind of short compared to the overall intent of the book; Angela didn't seem THAT important

"rode him into oblivion" huh 😳

sis is GOING THROUGH IT and Walter is whooping her ass while his friend calls her a whore I am exasperated

oops I was actually around 60% during the Vivian Celia roast; I feel bad for Edna but damn she is so fierce wish I could be her

Oh MY GOD I did NOT see this coming; Edna just told Vivian that she'll never be interesting??? Geez I almost thought she was going to forgive her after the sad apology; I guess it's deserved though

Edna is my freaking QUEEN

quite the whimsical read 🤭 so exciting; I love the energy of it, so refreshing 😌; caught a lil of the next chapter and I really wanna read it but I told myself to stop around 50%; side note I’m so excited about getting real books again let’s goooo