Bright Young Women

it's a difficult book to read. to be honest, who in their right minds would choose to read something like this. I was interested in it because of its claim of being told from the perspective of female victims. I'm not sure sure how I feel about the whole inspired by a real story premise. it's difficult to know what is real and what isn't, so I'm just going to assume that everything is fictionalised. it's well written. the author does a great job of describing the gory details without detailing the gory acts.

the author has a tendency to introduce an event early on while describing it in a way that feels monumental. but when she finally gets to describing the event, it doesn't feel as large in scope. the alternating perspectives kept things interesting and served as a good way to break up more difficult to swallow events.