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I'm the Girl by Courtney Summers

16 reviews

jules6469's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Child death, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death of parent and Drug abuse

Minor: Suicide and Murder

boomwormbrittany's review

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

I'm the Girl follows Georgia Avis who finds the body of a thirteen year girl who was murdered. When she teams up with Ashley's older sister to try to solve the murder, she finds herself way over head with the rich people of the nearby private club.
I really wanted to love this book as I have enjoyed Courtney Summers other books but this one just didn't the way that her other ones do. I think part of the problem I had was this discussion that Courney Summers was trying to have about the situation of men exploring young girls (*cough* Epstein *cough*) for their own sexual satisfaction and what that does to a young girl. This book is written for a Young Adult audience so there is only so much that can really be discussed especially in this page count.
This book almost felt aimless to me when I was reading it. Georgia has this obsession with this club that her mother used to work and being one of the girls that works there in the executive suites. And while that is a focus of this book, it only really ties into whats in the cover synopsis at the end. It was trying to have the discussion I put above but also held back on discussing it. Which I completely understand as this issue is something that is hard to digest as an adult let alone a young person. I think this book was trying to show the manipulation tactics older predators will use to get girls to think this is okay but from the jump I could see what was going on.
I did like the fact that Georgia is a lesbian and identifies herself as such and I did think her relationship with Nora was interesting since they're trying to solve Ashley, Nora's younger sisters, murder.
I wish Georgia was a little more curious and not as hell bent as being one of these girls in this club. It becomes her whole personality and I couldn't see the girl she actually was beyond the "I hate my mother" rhetoric she kept spewing and her absolute obsession with the girls who worked at this club. I wish we had gotten more of her personality and who she was so we could feel some form of sympathy or connection to her even if she is supposed ot be an unlikable mian character.
I feel like the last scene in this book should have been impactful but I didn't feel satisfied. 
Overall, I would say give this a try if you think the premise is interesting. I just thought this book felt aimless and didn't fully hit as hard as her others books did.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Rape, Trafficking, Sexual assault, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

Minor: Suicide

chl0reads's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Pedophilia, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Sexual content, and Sexual violence

bloodmoonlips's review

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Rape, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Pedophilia, Murder, Misogyny, and Trafficking

hufflehobbit's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Death, Misogyny, Murder, Trafficking, Child death, Gaslighting, Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, and Pedophilia

Moderate: Cancer, Murder, Sexual assault, Suicide, Alcohol, Grief, Death of parent, Incest, and Rape

Minor: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual content

Challenging themes and uncomfortable at moments, but well worth the read in my opinion

czoltak's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Suicide

breysreviews's review

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

I’m the Girl by Courtney Summers follows Georgia, an aspiring model and girl desperate to become an Aspera girl. When she stumbles across the body of a girl her age, her and the girls sister must unravel her death, and stop it from happening again. 

This is one of those books that tries to misdirect you the entire time, but is exactly what you suspect. I actually was excited for a big twist, and I just feel letdown. 

Georgia was meant to be a likeable main character I’m sure, but I just found myself annoyed by her. There’s a murderer running around and she just ignores all warning sides. She’s a teenager, so that’s definitely fair. 

I thought this was YA, but there is a steamy scene in it. 

I liked Courtney’s writing style, I just feel like the plot wasn’t the strongest or most unique. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use and Murder

Moderate: Drug use, Rape, Suicide, and Drug abuse

Adult with underaged female sex scene, child pornography

theonlybaillie's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Sexual content, Child death, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexual violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Blood, Trafficking, Gun violence, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

The whole book is a TW honestly lol

writingbookscoffee's review

dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Classism, Misogyny, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Excrement, Drug use, and Pedophilia

toofondofbooks_'s review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Blood, Gore, Sexual assault, Pedophilia, Drug use, Suicide, Sexual content, Cancer, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Murder, Classism, Child abuse, Abandonment, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse