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Girls with Sharp Sticks by Suzanne Young

13 reviews

mmarquis1158's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I love a good messed up boarding school thriller. This was a very gripping listen while I was on a road trip. It was definitely a little too YA for my taste at times and I didn’t love the insta romance that happened. I feel like the story could have been just fine without it. But I really was so hooked and had so many questions! I probably won’t read the next book since the thing that kept me hooked was trying to figure out what exactly was going on at the school. I feel like the way it ended didn’t make me feel the need to continue to the next one. An interesting story indeed

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dramagirl2003's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

this was very different from anything i’ve read before. it’s so funny what interesting theories i came with that weren’t even close to the truth
age rating — 15+

thoughts while reading

3%: they’ve been dating since their second day?? damn they move fast

11%: there’s something sus here. theory: the assistant is there to minimise parental contact. she probably tells mena’s parents she’s too busy to talk to them too

15%: ugh of course they’ve been conditioned to think it’s their fault if a guy assults them 🙄😡 i haven’t read The Handmaid’s Tale, but this book is sounding similar in misogyny

16%: that’s a fantastic point, what are brynn & marcella gonna do after graduation? i severely doubt management is just gonna be like “oh you’ve been blatantly disobeying us for a whole year but it’s totally fine actually cause you’re in love.”

17%: 🥴🤢🤮

19%: no wonder jackson had such a visceral reaction to the guardian grabbing mena if his dad was abusive

28%: oh this dude better not be trying to get mena drunk

32%: that yellow pill is clearly gonna

mind-wipe them

or something

34%: don’t

46%: what if rebecca

is pregnant?

48%: how tf are girls meant to “draw that line”? the men will just rape them anyway you halfwit. leandra bothers the heck out of me even more cause she’s even a flicking woman and she’s still slut-shaming victims 😡

54%: maybe bose is “the one going around raping the girls” after all

58%: PREACH GIRL

66%: that is some messed up

concoction being injected into the girlies

75%: dear lord that is unexpected but totally believable

82%: leandra makes more sense now

91%: oh believe me he’ll still find a way to hurt you. misogynistic demon

93%:

she killed him

98%:

SHE’S ALIVE

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f_1th's review against another edition

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dark inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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tunatins's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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elephantsoups's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

I liked this a lot! An inner child deep in my heart feels pretty powerful after the fact, definitely check content warnings to see if it’s a story for you. I’m intrigued to see where it could go from here

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crieraylax's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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eviehayes's review against another edition

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Permanently DNFed

This put me in a terrible mindset

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space_bandit's review against another edition

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mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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maple_dusk's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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faefires's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

After reading The Treatment by Young, I had completely written her off. The premise of this book interested me though, so I gave her another chance. She’s definitely improved, but the book is honestly sort similar. An totalitarian government/business is controlling young minds to be happy and compliant…whatever. If she has a lane, that’s fine.
This book has good themes. Sisterhood, feminism, agency, all good. They’re not subtly delivered at all, but the setting doesn’t really allow for subtly when the whole concept is a school designed to breed female subservience. The romance plotline was barely present and unnecessary, you could replace Jackson with a house plant and the story would be the same. It also cheapens the message: it’s all about female empowerment but they need outside help from a man?
Overall this book was a fast read that didn’t require much thought, it was entertaining and I finished it in two sittings. Won’t be picking up the sequels, this could have easily been a stand-alone.
Overall, an okay book. Enjoyable, nothing revolutionary. The Handmaids Tale, but make it teen thriller! Read it if you want to, you’ll probably like it. But if you want nuance and feminism in a similar world, just pick up Margaret Atwood.

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