Review: Resurrection Girls

Resurrection Girls by Ava Morgyn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

4 stars⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"𝓘𝓽’𝓼 𝓷𝓸 𝓵𝓸𝓷𝓰𝓮𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓶𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓷, 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓵𝓸𝓼𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓱𝓪𝓾𝓷𝓽. 𝓐𝓷𝓭 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓪𝓫𝓼𝓮𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓲𝓼 𝓵𝓮𝓯𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓬𝓱 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓹𝓪𝓲𝓷."

⏳𝐓𝐋;𝐃𝐑:⏳
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬: Sixteen year old Olivia's life hasn't felt the same since her little brother drowned in the pool three years ago. Her mother and father are each dealing with the grief in their own, destructive ways. When Kara moves in across the street with her mother and grandmother, Olivia quickly realizes that the family is a little different, but she could never guess just how much.
𝐏𝐥𝐨𝐭: Character-driven, doses of magical realism, grief-centric
𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠: Lyrical without being flowery, un-put-down-able
𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬: Imperfect, a little complicated, but realistic


👍𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐬:👍
-Easy and fast read
-Interesting concept to imbue a story hinged on grief and death with elements of magical realism
-Simple, beautiful, and un-putdownable prose
-Great investigation of grief and tragedy

👎𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬:👍
-There were hints of the magical realism throughout but the end suddenly just opened up the floodgates on it and it felt very jarring
-Kara serves as a bit of a manic-pixie-dream-girl character

𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.

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