written by Eliot Schrefer
When I first heard of this book and saw it making the rounds through the book blogs, I seriously thought it was yet another Twilight ripoff, with your cast of supernatural girls at school or something. Wow, was I wrong. The School for Dangerous Girls is unlike anything you've ever read and probably ever will read. It's set in an entirely new and unique place, despite the fact that it is at first glance, a teen boarding school, but it's so so much more. Even more astounding than all this is that it is a male who wrote this, came up with this amazing, downright spooky and somehow surrealistic world of teen girls. The plot held no predictability and was simply fantastic. You could never imagine where it would go next. It's emotionally charged, powerful, and extremely raw, and the only thing you really knew (...mostly) is that the main character lives, since she's the narrator (but even so, who knows, she could have been a ghost or zombie or something, I suppose). It's all about the primal instinct of survival. While the title is slightly pathetic and could definitely have been better, this is one book I would very strongly recommend you read if you're looking for a thriller that will haunt your thoughts for days after reading.
Rating: 5/5
Great review! I really need to read this one. =]
ReplyDeleteWell, this definitely just went on my list. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteYou have me convinced! It's been added to my paper TBR pile!
ReplyDeleteI read so many bad reviews of this I was ready to give it up. But it's in my pile for my First Chapter Challenge, so if the first chapter grabs me, I might just have to keep reading :)
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