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I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers

17 reviews

theremightbecupcakes's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Car accident, Child death, Grief, Sexual assault, Adult/minor relationship, Abandonment, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, and Sexual content

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, and Violence

greenlivingaudioworm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Grief, Incest, Violence, Infidelity, Addiction, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Terminal illness, and Sexual content

nicolehedley's review

dark emotional 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Physical abuse, and Murder

Moderate: Violence and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape and Drug abuse

grimdark_dad's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Pedophilia, Murder, Grief, Alcohol, Death, Sexual assault, Classism, Rape, Sexism, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Medical trauma, Infidelity, Gaslighting, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, and Misogyny

author2223's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Violence

abookandaspotoftea's review

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Child death, Death of parent, Rape, Pedophilia, Misogyny, Injury/Injury detail, Trafficking, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Child abuse, Classism, Death of parent, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Trafficking, Violence, Vomit, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Pedophilia, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Car accident, and Gaslighting

amergens's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Excrement, Drug use, and Pedophilia

hnnhmk's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

Deep in the mountains lies Aspera, a rustic resort reserved for only the wealthiest, most powerful people. And Georgia hears it calling for her. Finding herself in a mess of her own, Georgia stumbles across thirteen year old Ashley Jame’s dead body. Nora, Ashley’s sister, recruits Georgia to play detective, and the two grow closer as a new opportunity arises for Georgia. At Aspera.

Georgia is beautiful, and she knows it. As she learns how to use her beauty to reach her dreams, she discovers that this new world she’s in is more complicated than she once believed.

I’m the Girl, a young adult thriller, creatively showcases the struggle of a young woman longing to be seen and appreciated for her beauty with the reality of the male gaze. The story examines the sad, honest truth behind what those in positions of power will do to preserve their wealth and status, and how they manipulate others to hold their secrets.

Courtney Summers tackles some incredibly challenging realities such as sexual assualt, sexual identity, predatory and manipulative actions, and family struggles, amongst other things. This was a HEAVY read. I probably should’ve paced myself better and not read the entire story in 24 hours, but man, thrillers like this are nearly impossible to put down. Something about the changing of the seasons has got me into these dark and spooky, cabin-in-the-woods, thrillers.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

theoceanrose's review against another edition

challenging dark sad medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gaslighting, Sexual violence, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Violence, Child death, Death, and Rape

Minor: Suicide

karina_dreamsinwords's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

Anyone who has read Summers' previous work know that she is not one to shy away from writing stories focusing on difficult subject matter. I'm The Girl is no exception.

This bold, hard hitting and timely thriller follows sixteen year old Georgia after she discovers the lifeless body of a young teen girl in the woods. She teams up with the victim's older sister to track down the killer before he strikes again.What Georgia finds out might reveal more than she's ready to confront.

A truly powerful story by a masterful storyteller giving a voice to those seldom heard. Summers' writing flows so effortlessly that you're pulled in from the start and are gasping for air until the very last page. I finished this one with tears streaming down my face so be warned that it may do the same for you.

Please be sure to check trigger warnings due to the subject matter in this one. If you are one that appreciates an atmospheric, boundary pushing female narrative, and stories that will stick with you long after you are finished reading be sure not to miss this!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship and Sexual assault

Moderate: Addiction and Violence

Minor: Cancer