The Girls - Emma Cline • BookLikes (ISBN:9780147524010)

The Girls

by: Emma Cline (author)

Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group of girls in the park, and is immediately caught by their freedom, their careless dress, their dangerous aura of abandon. Soon, Evie is in thrall to Suzanne,... show more

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ISBN: 9780147524010

Publisher: Books on Tape

Pages no: 10

Edition language: English

Category:

Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction

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Words of a Bibliophile rated it

6 years ago

http://onlywords.booklikes.com Words of a Bibliophile 4.0 The Girls by Emma Cline

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As a novel generally based on the Manson murders of 1969, at first I wasn't sure how gruesome or violent this was going to be. I found out later that it's less about gore and more about girlhood and coming of age, about being led astray by the wrong crowd. Fourteen-year-old Evie is mesmerized by an ...

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Kat's Books rated it

7 years ago

http://kamoorephoto.booklikes.com Kat's Books 3.0 The Girls

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I had wanted to read this for a while, and that may well be why I was left feeling somewhat disappointed by the read. I looked forward to the book ending on more than one occasion. I didn't enjoy the way the author had written the past vs. present parts, and they were not fluid for the reader at all...

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meeplemaiden rated it

8 years ago

http://meeplemaiden.booklikes.com meeplemaiden 5.0

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Fourteen year old Evie has got a long summer ahead of her before she is shipped off to boarding school. She falls out with her best friend, her mum spends her time with her new boyfriend and her dad lives elsewhere with his new wife. Evie finds herself alone and desperate for attention. Then one day...

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Bookish thoughts!!! rated it

8 years ago

http://hoffnungswolke.booklikes.com Bookish thoughts!!! 4.5 The Girls!!!

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First things first: I received this book through NetGalley. I highly recommend it!!! Summary: California. The summer of 1969. In the dying days of a floundering counter-culture a young girl is unwittingly caught up in unthinkable violence, and a decision made at this moment, on the cusp of adultho...

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