A review by f_r_e_d
The Grace Year by Kim Liggett

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

 I LOVED THIS BOOK. So emotionally moving and so sweet. It had me feeling a full range of emotions from laughing, to literally sobbing. SOBBING. And the ending! I can not say any more than it was just to good to put into words.
So why did I mark it down? 
It was dark. Really dark. This book will 100% change your view on humanity, and the world we live in. The way I would describe it is as a feminist version of the Hunger Games, except the death levels and violence are on steroids. You grow such an emotional attachment to lots of the characters only for them to die in a really extreme way. For example,
Spoiler Gertie (a character I loved,) Got scalped by Kirsten, because she believes she's a God. Laura drowns herself and a girl gets her eye cut out. Tierney gets a hatchet to her shoulder and almost dies, multiple times. Not to mention the fact that the Grace Year Girls go crazy because of the water and do some questionable things to lock into their "magic" 

I was reading the reviews for this book, and I definitely think that this is a book for older people. Its a mind moving, emotional, dark book. That deals with a lot of feelings and things that are more for adult readers. 
I did love this book though, and if your want a mysterious mind moving book to read, this is for you. 
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