Godshot

This is a cult story, and it's a story of mothers and daughters. Of loving and trusting and wanting to believe, despite running up against people and ideas that don't deserve your love and trust. All the description of the drought, the heat, the lack of water, the thirst, the stickiness of soda .. was very visceral. Similar the crippling sensation of being locked into a place, an upbringing, a culture - that seems impossible to escape. There's a punk vibe to this, with the cheap glam and glitter of it all, the level of sexual explicitness, and its cool attitude towards that (despite the protagonist being rather young), which I enjoyed but feel could have pushed a bit further. Because of the plot I'd compare it to [b:The Girls 26893819 The Girls Emma Cline https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492065338l/26893819.SY75.jpg 42856015], and it has a similar US writing-program vibe to it, but I definitely enjoyed this one more.