A review by ketsueki_randi
Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll

challenging dark emotional slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated

5.0

 It might be odd that this took me so long to finish, yet I still gave it five stars, it has nothing to do with the writing, but the intentional aggravation the story gave me. Seriously, every man in this story pissed me the hell off (with the exception of Pamela’s dad) and just really showed how they failed society, but won’t ever be held accountable for what they did. This was completely inspired by Bundy and I think Knoll did such a great job at showing the shit-show the public did in letting him escape and how the public idolized because he was “good looking.” Probably my favorite thing was Pamela would bring up how society would talk about him in contrast to the pathetic little bitch he actually was; and how this put the focus not on him and what he did, but instead focusing on the women who persevered when society continually failed them.. 
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