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📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: The Roanoke Girls
AUTHOR: Amy Engel
@amyengelauthor
Publisher: Crown
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐
Published: March 7, 2017
The Review:
I don’t even know how to start about this book. It’s really uncomfortable, and there are some pretty blatant trigger warnings if you chose to read it. The story is told from the past and present, mostly from the point of Lane, although there are sprinkled some chapters from other past Roanoke Girls.
It is a mystery though, when you try to understand what exactly happened to these girls that made them want to disappear or die. But also, you figure it out very soon on what it is. I guess at that point I just kept reading because it was like a train wreck.
It’s a well written book and I don’t want to come across as saying this is a horribly written book. It’s not, and frankly that’s why I finished it. But it is extremely taboo and if you don’t like that kind of thing, this is really not the book for you. When I hear people talk about this book, it is extremely polarizing. Just be warned because you will either love it or hate it.
You can see my video review here:
Small Summary:
Beautiful.
Rich.
Mysterious.
Everyone wants to be a Roanoke girl.
But you won’t when you know the truth.
Lane Roanoke is fifteen when she comes to live with her grandparents and fireball cousin at the Roanoke family’s rural estate following the suicide of her mother. Over one long, hot summer, Lane experiences the benefits of being one of the rich and beautiful Roanoke girls.
But what she doesn’t know is being a Roanoke girl carries a terrible legacy: either the girls run, or they die. For there is darkness at the heart of Roanoke, and when Lane discovers its insidious pull, she must make her choice…
*****
All thoughts and opinions are my own.