The Shining Girls

Lauren Beukes
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The Shining Girls

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7/1/2014
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This was a story I really wanted to love. There were a lot of intriguing plot elements and good exposition, but I felt that it never quite moved beyond murky, pedestrian horror.

I don't expect my novels to be tied up with a bow at the end, but in my opinion the chicken-vs-egg logic was not effectively executed, and I found the book ultimately unsatisfying.