Comments on: Girls Burn Brighter

By: Catherine

Catherine — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 01:17:31 +0000

In reply to Tara. I wanted to include a p.s. to my review because if you are the kind of person who has a strong stomach then it is an important subject. I just don't need that level of horror in my fiction. Even more so when it is likely accurate. The rest of the story was lost to me.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:33:05 +0000

In reply to Lauren. Exactly. It is one thing to bring things to light, but if it was that important to the author to detail again and again horrific things then she should have written non-fiction about the deviant sexual proclivities of men and how far they'll go to satisfy them. Everything else in the book was lost.

By: Tara

Tara — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:32:33 +0000

I have a galley of this one and, as much as I hate to pass on books that I’ve been gifted by publishers, I am afraid that this will be more than I can handle right now. I’ll hold on to it, just in case, but after hearing your thoughts, and Susie’s, I’m going to move on.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:29:56 +0000

In reply to susan. The best way I can put it is: I'm not sheltered or a prude but there were things in that book that I had never heard of and NEVER wanted to know about. I get that they exist, but reading about them in detail doesn't increase my understanding of the problem.

By: susan

susan — Mon, 26 Mar 2018 11:42:59 +0000

I heard this book was nonstop brutal & I don’t want to go there. Too much!

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 25 Mar 2018 15:15:51 +0000

Interesting thoughts, Catherine (as always). I had this one on my list and read some pretty dark, brutal works, but after reading your words and Susie’s, it seems those brutalities overshadowed the rest of the book, which is never a good thing. I realize that is a sliding scale for different readers, but if I can take a book off the list for a valid, trusted reason, it’s one less thing I have to cram in or feel guilty for not getting to. Thanks to you and Susie for your impressions.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 17:51:30 +0000

In reply to Susie | Novel Visits. Agreed. I'm still thinking about it, but definitely not from the perspective of how strong their friendship was. If that was the point, she missed.

By: Susie | Novel Visits

Susie | Novel Visits — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 13:00:26 +0000

Your thoughts in that last paragraph are spot on. It was too much. She did go too far and that was what left me so haunted. As I read your review it occurred to me that all abuse and degradation really buried the friendship element to the point where it felt like an after thought. Still, this will be a very difficult book to ever forget.