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A review by roglows
Foul Is Fair by Hannah Capin
5.0
Foul is Fair, basically, is a modern take on Macbeth--but with a twist...as if Macbeth married Heathers. At first, the affected style and snappy language distracted me, but soon I felt myself pulled into the dreamy Shakespearian vibes.
On the night Elizabeth (Elle) Jade Khanjara turns 16, she and her 'coven' --her three best friends-- crash a party thrown by the it boy of the rival school. What transpires there is nothing less than awful, and the assault on Elle turns her and her friends into a pack of murderous Mean Girls.
Elle becomes Jade, and she has nothing left to lose.
What ensues is their plan to kill each of those involved in what happened that night, and it all goes down in the preppy halls of St. Andrews school.
I loved this book. The suspense had my stomach in knots. Elle/Jade is unflinching, as are her badass girlfriends, and there's never a moment of fakeness or sentimentality. They are always goddesses, no matter how twisted, and never victims. An important book for the MeToo generation, this shows how deeply the wounds created by the recklessness of rape culture and assault cut, and just how far down the rabbit hole some will go to regain their sense of power.
On the night Elizabeth (Elle) Jade Khanjara turns 16, she and her 'coven' --her three best friends-- crash a party thrown by the it boy of the rival school. What transpires there is nothing less than awful, and the assault on Elle turns her and her friends into a pack of murderous Mean Girls.
Elle becomes Jade, and she has nothing left to lose.
What ensues is their plan to kill each of those involved in what happened that night, and it all goes down in the preppy halls of St. Andrews school.
I loved this book. The suspense had my stomach in knots. Elle/Jade is unflinching, as are her badass girlfriends, and there's never a moment of fakeness or sentimentality. They are always goddesses, no matter how twisted, and never victims. An important book for the MeToo generation, this shows how deeply the wounds created by the recklessness of rape culture and assault cut, and just how far down the rabbit hole some will go to regain their sense of power.