The Girls

I have decided to rate this book between 3.4 and a low 4 stars. When I first started reading it, I was really engrossed in the story and was fascinated by Evie's obsession with Suzanne. However as I got to the end of the book today I found the story kind of petered out and the characters of Suzanne and Evie got rather trying. I found the character of Julian revolting and unnerving. Also the fact we got no closure on what became of Sasha and Julian, I thought was irresponsible of the author. As a reader we invested in Sasha and then just watched Evie let her leave with Julian with no idea what became of her. I was fascinated by the lead up to the evening of the crime. But I found Evie's naivety over the developing situation unbelievable. Clearly her infatuation with Suzanne was her coming to terms with her sexuality and not from generally feeling enamoured with the cult or Russell. I liked that this adaptation took the Mason Cult and re worked it from a different angle. However I feel considering the book is called The Girls, the only fleshed out characters are Suzanne and Evie and their relationship to each other doesn't provide us with enough evidence to explain why The Girls committed the violent murders they did. In conclusion, this book was a great concept but it failed to convince me overall.