A review by littletaiko
Blueprints for Building Better Girls: Fiction by Elissa Schappell

2.0

Blueprints for Building Better Girls is one of those books that I feel like I should really like, but overall just don't. The premise was interesting since it's 8 short stories that are loosely connected by the various characters at different points in their lives. My main problem is that there wasn't a single female character that I could relate to. As a whole, they were all incredibly selfish and annoying with problems that felt rather typical. The absolute worst was the wretched character of Emily. No twenty year old should still be calling their mother - "Mommy." I almost gave it three stars though since it did keep me reading, mainly to see which characters showed up each time. It will be interesting to see what the rest of my book club thinks of this book.