by Emma Cline
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
No... I cannot deal. I do not have lus for this.
DNF at 16%. The blurb on this book got my attention immediately. Not the type of thing I normally read but every now and then I find things that catch my eye and this book was one of them. Unfortunately, it's one of those books where I know almost right off it won't be for me. I've had an arc of t...
The Girls is a haunting and evocative read, beautifully written to capture both a sense of time and place and subtle nuances of character - I really enjoyed this one, it was one of those novels that gets all the senses working, an absorbing and intriguing read that really caught my imagination. Ev...
#THEGIRLS AVAILABLE 6/14/16 CREEPY, EERIE AND A MUST READ! 4 STARS! #EMMACLINE @RandomHouse I liked this book a lot. I could tell that it was loosely based off the Manson cult girls and it dealt with what the author thought was going through their heads. It's ironic how humans love train wreck...
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