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How to Build a Girl by Caitlin Moran

9 reviews

numipig30's review against another edition

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funny hopeful reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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m1nature's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75


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mbergman's review against another edition

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dark funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0


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ifiwasapuppet's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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rapgamenancyreagan's review against another edition

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

4.25


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sommer22's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Author is self-aware about the adult-minor relationships in the book. Some racially insensitive things are said as well. Those are my only two knocks on this book. The main character, Johanna, reminded me of myself a bit when I was a younger teen: confused, filled with wanderlust, and cringe. This is exactly the kind of book I needed at this point in my life as I'm getting over the identity-crisis hump of my high school years. It speaks greatly to the innate fluctuations of the human identity, and the impossibility of cynicism and staying in one niche for your entire life. Kids do be stupid, but society shouldn't shame them for it. That only engenders cynicism and disdain for others. They just want to have a sense of belonging, and as Moran points out, no one will be able to truly provide you your own identity but yourself. The greatest facet of self-love is the acceptance of change, which allows us to love and accept others when they change as well.

There's no way Johanna isn't a Leo, but she can't be, considering she's still 17 in October. Sagittarius?

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esme's review against another edition

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

3.5

I felt like I was mostly reading this because I wanted to read something that would make me laugh and it did that! I'm still not sure if I really properly liked any of the characters but I did find it entertaining, and I didn't mind spending this time with them so that's a good sign!

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heini's review against another edition

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

1.0

Näin minusta tuli tyttö on musiikkiin ja populäärikulttuuriin kiedottu tarina identiteetistä ja seksistä. Päähenkilön identiteetti on vahvasti kiinni seksissä, ensin neitsyenä ja sitten "jumalattomana lutkana". 

Sisarussuhde oli mielenkiintoinen. Muu perhe oli myös hyvin kuvattu. En tiedä miksi kirja loppui samaan - negatiiviseen - asiaan millä se alkoikin, kun tarina tuntui muuten antavan kuvan siitä, että tulevaisuus on uutta ja suurta, itsenäistä. Johannan perhe-elämä ei ollut sellaista, se oli hyvin ikävää: mitä muuta se voi ollakaan silloin kun lapsi elättää perhettä vanhempien sijaan. Loppu antaa käsityksen, että Johannaa ei tule onnistamaan Lontoossa, että hän joutuu yhä olemaan vastuussa perheestään, itsekin ollessa vielä peruskoulunsa kesken jättänyt lapsi.

Ei ollut mitenkään syvällinen. Ei siitä oikein mitään saanut irti, muuta kuin että vaikka Caitlin Moran selventää alussa kirjan olevan fiktiota, on se täysin Caitlinin äänellä kirjoitettu, ainakin sen mukaan mitä Kiitoksista ja yhdestä haastattelun pätkästä luin. Niistä myös päättelin, että en pidä hänestä. 

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mediocreli's review against another edition

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adventurous dark funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book made me nostalgic for the world I dreamed of as escapism when I was a young teenager. Perhaps the nostalgia blinds me a bit to the flaws of the book, but it’s left me feeling hopeful for life as even in my early to mid twenties, I am still learning how to build a girl. 

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