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A review by hollyway
West Girls by Laura Elizabeth Woollett
dark
funny
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This is the first book by Laura Elizabeth Woollett that I can't quite give 5 stars, but I still absolutely loved this. Everything to do with Luna and Caitlyn was pure gold. The other vignettes were all interesting in their own way, but it was the meandering structure of this novel that stopped it from quite reaching the same heights as her other books for me. That said, Woollett's depiction of 2000s Australian girlhood was painfully vivid, and the way she illustrated the entanglement of beauty standards and queerness/desire was so perfect that it left me desperate for more. Her narrative voice was wry and raw and gripping as always. A fascinating, messy book that leaves you with much to think about.