Comments on: Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao | Review

By: Tina

Tina — Sat, 05 Jan 2019 14:00:34 +0000

Wow wow wow. You did a great job with this review- I know how tough it can be to review a book you have such a reaction to. WORSE than Jude? That’s saying something.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 17:31:45 +0000

Yup. You got this exactly right. My review is still gnawing at me- for the same reasons. It’s hard to say that someone’s suffering offensive to my delicate sensibilities, but this goes far beyond anything I’m comfortable with. I don’t want those images in my head but they’re there.

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:17:55 +0000

In reply to Tara. I'd love to talk about this one with someone else who had read it, but I'd also never want anyone to read it without clearly knowing where they were headed. Reading it was a strange experience for me.

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:16:27 +0000

In reply to susan. Friendship was the one thing I think Rao meant to be redeeming, but for me, it couldn't make up for all the brutality.

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:15:12 +0000

In reply to Ann Marie. Good call!

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:14:58 +0000

In reply to Lindsey. If her next book is anything like this one, I'll be skipping it. This was just so dark and disturbing.

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:14:18 +0000

In reply to Sarah's Book Shelves. The beginning was incredible slow and I neglected to talk about that. After about the 20% mark it picked up and I couldn't stop reading even though I was repulsed much of the time. It was weird!

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 16:13:07 +0000

In reply to renee. It's one of those books I'll never forget, but not in a best book ever sort of way.

By: Tara

Tara — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 17:43:00 +0000

UGH! I am feeling so torn about whether to read this one; I have put it aside, for now, since I’m trying to get more titles read for my upcoming Spring Break reading list. This just sounds like such a downer and I really don’t need any more of that in my life. Thanks for the honest review, Susie!

By: susan

susan — Thu, 08 Mar 2018 13:53:17 +0000

Yeah I read somewhere on Goodreads that this book was nonstop brutal and I thought that’s just too much for me. I need something redeeming or else something…. I’m sure you were brave to read it.