nerd teacher [books] reviewed Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
Interesting concept.
3 stars
I've heard a lot of people comparing this to Lord of the Flies. I can see why: you have a bunch of girls who get plane-wrecked on an apparently deserted island. But that's where I start seeing a lot of disconnects, making me not understand this comparison; the novel is much more reminiscent of the TV series "Lost," honestly.
First things first, I found this book difficult to read. Perhaps, if I could have found a more accessible version, it would've been easier to get through it. The text was really cramped and the shifts in fonts was hard for me.
Overall, I don't have many issues with the book. While I enjoyed the structure of it (as if it were a TV show), I did sometimes find that the commercial messages distracted from the story (which was probably the point). I liked the setting of putting a bunch of …
I've heard a lot of people comparing this to Lord of the Flies. I can see why: you have a bunch of girls who get plane-wrecked on an apparently deserted island. But that's where I start seeing a lot of disconnects, making me not understand this comparison; the novel is much more reminiscent of the TV series "Lost," honestly.
First things first, I found this book difficult to read. Perhaps, if I could have found a more accessible version, it would've been easier to get through it. The text was really cramped and the shifts in fonts was hard for me.
Overall, I don't have many issues with the book. While I enjoyed the structure of it (as if it were a TV show), I did sometimes find that the commercial messages distracted from the story (which was probably the point). I liked the setting of putting a bunch of beauty queens on a deserted island and having them survive, using that as a means to explore what it really meant to be feminine or a woman.
