A review by jules44
The Eighth Girl by Maxine Mei-Fung Chung

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This wasn’t amazing and it wasn’t awful. As a re-hashing of Fight Club with a female protagonist trying to reconcile her childhood trauma, very readable but the cadence wasn’t great. Too much middle, not enough end.