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A review by modernmatilda
Where Sleeping Girls Lie by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
challenging
emotional
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Hmm I'm not sure how I felt about this book (it's been a rough reading year for me in general). While I thought this would be more of a dark mystery (sleepwalking, big ancient boarding school, group of girls called The Unholy), those points were dropped without being mentioned or utilized again. Instead, this was an important discussion about the toxicity of "boys will be boys" and rape culture. The ending was not hopeful, but realistic. The writing missed a lot of marks for me; I wish the author would have taken 200 fewer pages to tell the story and utilized more "show" over "tell." Definitely one to check content warnings on.
Graphic: Confinement, Death, Mental illness, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Sexual harassment