LitPick Review
The main characters in The Girls are five very different girls: Mary, Crystal, Sylvia, Amber, and Peggy. Peggy is Mary's best friend that is obsessed with becoming a chef. Mary is the "perfect one." She's nice to everyone, is rich, beautiful, and her boyfriend is cheating on her. Sylvia is rich as well and likes to cause trouble, especially when she finds out who's cheating with Mary's boyfriend. Crystal is the one cheating with Mary's boyfriend. Amber works in a coffee shop and knows everything there is to know about everyone.
This retelling of the play The Women is filled with twists and turns, and the last pages are filled with surprising secrets that are revealed and the lies told are brought to light.
Opinion:
The Girls was a decent book that had a pretty interesting plot and characters that seemed real due to their thoughts, dialogue, and actions. I found it surprising how there were only girls in the book. Sure, Mary's boyfriend was cheating on her with Amber, but he never actually appeared in the story. The ending was decisively the best part. I also liked how Peggy always thought of recipes when she was stressed, and overall, this was an acceptable book. It was attention-grabbing enough to read once, but perhaps not good enough to read again and again. At first, it was difficult to distinguish the characters since there were so many. It was a pretty good book, but definitely not on the same level as Stephenie Meyer's Twilight, Cassandra Clare's City of Bones, or Meg Cabot's Princess Diaries. It's a worthwhile quick, easy read, but not an outstanding book, nor will it be a bestseller.
