hhw92's review
3.0
Not my favorite by any means but as an Alabama alum, I enjoyed all of the UA and Tuscaloosa references which made it fun.
agillen93's review against another edition
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
kittykornerlibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
This reminds me of Heathers, but set in the South. What won't these mothers and daughters do for the right image, the right social group, the right marriage? The answer is: pretty damn near nothing. This novel is crazy, hilarious, and a little sick. And I loved Bitty Jack, who has the perfect name.
juliannasiegrist's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
tense
medium-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
3.5
had a lot of potential to begin with, but I thought the plot kind of fell apart about halfway through. I wish the author had done more with bitty jack’s story, but I loved the deep dive into the mother-daughter relationships of the other girls.
grazanne's review against another edition
3.0
Written 4/2000: Easy light read about mothers, daughters, the south and sororities. Black comedy that keeps the pages moving.
kber1013's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
joliebeth23's review against another edition
3.0
I really couldn't decide if I loved this book or hated it. It's demented, dark and funny in the best ways some of the time. And, it's demented, dark and shallow in the worst ways at other times.
xlcior's review against another edition
4.0
Weird and disturbing in a wonderful way. So very strange but fascinating. Also, I like what they did with the cover.
scorpstar77's review against another edition
4.0
This book starts off as demented. It ends as demented. Most of what happens in the middle is demented. I loved it. It's the story of three girls, caught up in the modern-day scratch-and-claw fest that seems to be prevalent under the surface of the popular and upper-crust society, but these girls have a distinctly Southern background. The reader meets Sarina, the prom queen, cheerleader, Tri Delt who has always been loved by everyone and has always gotten her way (often by using such clever manipulation that her victims think it was their idea to do this thing for her), and who is really the central character. Then there's Nicole, Sarina's best friend who wants nothing more than to please Sarina, to ensure her happiness, and, above all, to make sure she and Nicole are always together. Nicole and Sarina both have equally manipulative and insane mothers, and their mothers play a large role in the story. The third main character is Bitty Jack, who is poor and therefore like a bug in the eyes of Sarina and those like her, and Bitty's struggle to both prove her worth to and get revenge on Sarina because of a childhood incident that emotionally scars Bitty and her family. Most of the book shows the intersection of Sarina's life with Nicole's and Sarina's life with Bitty's, but at the end, all three lives entertwine with a fairly explosive ending. Very Southern gothic in the manner of the Texas cheerleader massacre and similar instances, I was greatly entertained and disturbed by the characters and their motivations, and how very real they seemed.
marsbarsx's review against another edition
dark
tense
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75