A review by melissadelongcox
A Map for Wrecked Girls by Jessica Taylor
3.0
I’m having a hard time deciding what to say about this story and here’s why (SPOILERS AHEAD): I am fine with needing a certain level of suspended belief to enjoy a book. After all, I’m not usually looking for something intellectual, I’m usually looking for entertainment. So I’m fine with things that seem totally implausible, like three shipwrecked teenagers actually knowing how to survive. But I hated the way the book started. I wanted more of Casey/Alex/Henri/Emma before the shipwreck, some context for how they ended up on the island in the first place.
That said, I liked how past was woven with present, so you weren’t quite sure about what Emma actually did to Henri. Personally I thought that reveal was a little dumb on Henri’s part (don’t sleep with a teacher then you won’t be exposed for doing so, AMIRIGHT!), but I was also a teen girl once so I get the level of dramatics, ha!
I also would’ve enjoyed seeing more about when they got home and how that played out. Overall, I enjoyed this!
That said, I liked how past was woven with present, so you weren’t quite sure about what Emma actually did to Henri. Personally I thought that reveal was a little dumb on Henri’s part (don’t sleep with a teacher then you won’t be exposed for doing so, AMIRIGHT!), but I was also a teen girl once so I get the level of dramatics, ha!
I also would’ve enjoyed seeing more about when they got home and how that played out. Overall, I enjoyed this!