A review by becquebooks
The Terrible Girls, by Rebecca Brown
3.0
this is a book i read for a class sophomore year, and i've never quite reconciled how i feel about it. i wrote a paper on the symbolism in the book which made me like it more, because it made me think about it more.
occasionally i return to the book and re-read it, and i never quite know what to think. i think it depends on the level the stories are analyzed at, i think they stand much stronger when linked thematically than when left to stand on their own. it's at times unflinching in it's love and pain, which can be easier or harder to stomach. i think age has helped me appreciate the stories and the metaphors more.
"i'm lost in a city whose name you cant pronounce; i think it is my own. your country's maps spell this name differently. will you recognize the post mark? will you recognize my hand? who'll translate the maps for us? do you know this means i love you? do you know this means i love you?"
occasionally i return to the book and re-read it, and i never quite know what to think. i think it depends on the level the stories are analyzed at, i think they stand much stronger when linked thematically than when left to stand on their own. it's at times unflinching in it's love and pain, which can be easier or harder to stomach. i think age has helped me appreciate the stories and the metaphors more.
"i'm lost in a city whose name you cant pronounce; i think it is my own. your country's maps spell this name differently. will you recognize the post mark? will you recognize my hand? who'll translate the maps for us? do you know this means i love you? do you know this means i love you?"