by Cristina Garcia
I was just starting to get on board with this book when I had to quit because of the attempted murder of Midori. I'm sure this sounds like I'm exaggerating, but I'm not. The character grabs Midori's foot, drags her down to the deep part of the pool and even that won't get her expelled from this camp...
Dreams of Significant Girls manages to touch on all the "issues" of issue books - depression, divorce, sexual assault, slut-shaming, statutory rape, absent parents, suicide, abortion, homosexuality, revolution, war, genocide, you name it! - without actually saying much about any of those experiences...
I thought this book was a very fun summer read and it was quick. It had amazing character development and some great moments. The book follows three girls' journey through the teenage years as they work to find themselves. Each of the girls are completely different from one another but soon they bec...
Nearly unreadable. I didn't like any of the narrators, the period details didn't ring especially true, and it felt more like a grown person looking back fondly on an idealized, if hypersexualized, adolescent period. The writing is pedestrian at best. It's basically about three rich girls who go to b...
Meh....
This book was almost like stepping into a painting: bright, vivid, and realistic.Lasting.--This was less like a book and more of a glimpse into a looking glass showing us a reflection of the story of three completely different girls. Through varying situations in their lives they ended up at a posh ...
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