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A review by roseeholliday
Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao
4.0
⭐️4.5 stars ⭐️
I am a different person for reading this book. It is a tough read, and it will destroy certain parts of you that will then again be resurrected in a more tender way. It is a shattering of any illusion that the world is safe, kind, fair or honest. That love will come freely. That people (all but especially women) are valued for more than their skin and flesh. It an absolute decimation of shallow hope and thoughtless acknowledgment.
These two women endure hell over and over with no reason to survive it other than the *thought* of each other. However, without the horrifying backdrop with which they are placed, it would be difficult to appreciate the depth of their love story. Not appreciate. Burn. Burn for their love story. Be reduced to ash for that singular hope. I can't thoughtlessly recommend that you (or anyone)
should read this because it will burn. All of it just burns.
I am a different person for reading this book. It is a tough read, and it will destroy certain parts of you that will then again be resurrected in a more tender way. It is a shattering of any illusion that the world is safe, kind, fair or honest. That love will come freely. That people (all but especially women) are valued for more than their skin and flesh. It an absolute decimation of shallow hope and thoughtless acknowledgment.
These two women endure hell over and over with no reason to survive it other than the *thought* of each other. However, without the horrifying backdrop with which they are placed, it would be difficult to appreciate the depth of their love story. Not appreciate. Burn. Burn for their love story. Be reduced to ash for that singular hope. I can't thoughtlessly recommend that you (or anyone)
should read this because it will burn. All of it just burns.