There’s also a mystery element and as I’ve mentioned before I do love a good mystery element to make you want to keep reading. In some books girls can be written so lazily, so to read about eight girls who were all completely different with their own unique issues was just so uplifting. I loved that none of them were perfect, they all fucked up in some way and they were all so different from each other. I did love Candace as well though but not right from the start. My favourite has to be Lauren, I thought she was lovely and I loved reading her chapters. Okay, I thought some of Sarah’s chapters were pretty gross to read about but I still liked her. Speaking of the characters I don’t think there was a single one I truly disliked. It made for a much more interesting read and made the characters more believable. None of them have a particularly easy time and it was so interesting to read about how each girl reacted. After all, prettiest or ugliest, once you’re on the list, you’ll never be the same.įirst of all, my absolute favourite thing about this book was that it wasn’t a simple oh the pretty girls have a really easy time and the ugly girls get a really shit time. When they discover they are this year’s victims, Danielle, Abby, Candace, Lauren, Sarah, Bridget, Jennifer and Margo struggle with the judgements of their peers. The girls who are become the centre of attention, and each reacts differently to the experience. The girls who aren’t picked are quickly forgotten. One is named the prettiest, one the ugliest. I bought it, I didn’t like carry it out the store or anything…Īnyway, the basic plot is that every September ‘the list’ is poster all over school. Either way, I picked it up last week and finally left the store with it. I suppose it was a case of liking the idea of it but worrying that I wouldn’t be able to get into the writing style. It was intriguing and to be honest I’m not sure why I didn’t buy it sooner. So ‘The List’ is another one of those books that I’ve picked up in Waterstones but then put back down.

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