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A review by victoriasampley
The Hysterical Girls of St. Bernadette's by Hanna Alkaf
4.0
I find stories about hysteria and how it spreads so fascinating. There is an overall underlying message about being a woman/girl and how we are not believed. Our girls come together and take control of their lives and narrative. There is a supernatural element here that I absolutely enjoyed. I was so happy it didn’t back down from that in the end! It’s has a lot of heavy topics and triggers. It is YA and I could see how this could be incredibly powerful for young women to read, and I love it for that!
We follow a few POVs here. I think it would have been a bit better if we only followed one. We get thrown into a lot of intense topics with the characters that I didn’t feel quite had the correct set up. I had a few issues with the writing overall. Still I thoroughly enjoyed this.
We follow a few POVs here. I think it would have been a bit better if we only followed one. We get thrown into a lot of intense topics with the characters that I didn’t feel quite had the correct set up. I had a few issues with the writing overall. Still I thoroughly enjoyed this.