A review by oz617
Girl A by Abigail Dean

challenging dark reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

I truly don't know why this is described as a thriller, or a mystery. It's neither. It's a complicated and realistic portrayal of survival of child abuse, and somehow seems to be marketed towards the exact kind of true crime fans the book frequently mocks. I appreciated how ordinary the evil was, how the book contains plenty of every day accomplices to the main abuse, how there's many reasons for why it was allowed to continue from many different points of view. I'll be thinking about this one for a while, I think.