From the Bookshelf of Serial Readers…

The Girls

Emma Cline

Start date: August 1, 2016

Finish date: August 31, 2016

Discussion: Literature & Fiction

Find A Copy At

Libraries

Group Discussions About This Book

Showing 2 of 5 topics — 5 comments total

Literature & Fiction

Tasting Sound
By T. · 1 post · 3 views

last updated Mar 21, 2017 04:05PM

thaw out and blossom NEW POETRY
By T. · 1 post · 4 views

last updated Mar 16, 2017 09:14AM

What Members Thought

Jun 25, 2016 Cecily Black rated it really liked it

Really enjoyed this novel!

When I first started reading this book, the way the MC was desperate to get in with what she thought was the in crowd and what not really reminded me of the movie Thirteen but the shift has a lot to do with the cult stuff with Russell.
This was an interesting perspective to read about the Manson case and I was glad to read it.
Great read!

2 likes · Like · see review

Jun 24, 2016 SerialReader rated it really liked it

Reviews of The Girls have been enthusiastically positive except for a few high-profile demurrals and I am cought in the middle; I can't say this book was afwul, nor I can say it was my best summer read but somehow I devoured it in 2 hours straight.

Read more on The Serial Reader Blog.

*This book was kindly sent to me via NetGalley by Random House Publishing Group* ...more

1 like · Like · see review

Jun 23, 2016 Ashley rated it liked it

#
CompNtBk
Own in hardback.

FS: "It begins with the Ford idling up the narrow drive, the sweet drone of honeysuckle thickening the August air."

LS: "He smiled at me as he passed, and I smiled back, like you would smile at any stranger, any person you didn't know," ...more

Like · see review