Book Review: Those Girls by Lauren Saft

those girlsIt’s “Mean Girls”, millennial style! In “Those Girls”, author Lauren Saft’s debut novel, captures today’s teen angst. It’s still about being popular but there is also a gritty side.

Comparatively, the 1990s seem wholesome while the 2004 “Mean Girls” starring Lindsay Lohan and Rachel McAdams is tame.

Classified for “Teens & YA”, “Those Girls” is not for the faint of heart. Leading characters Alexandra, Mollie and Veronica all exhibit a mean streak that ironically makes them a cut above the rest, thus adding to their popularity.

A fast and easy read, “Those Girls” is Rated M for Mature due to drug use and sexual content.

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Description

Some girls will always have your back, and some girls can’t help but stab you in it.

Junior year, the suburbs of Philadelphia. Alex, Mollie and Veronica are those girls: They’re the best of friends and the party girls of the school. But how well does everybody know them-and really, how well do they know one another? Alex is secretly in love with the boy next door and has joined a band-without telling anyone. Mollie suffers from a popular (and possibly sociopathic) boyfriend and a serious mean streak. And Veronica just wants to be loved-literally, figuratively, physically…she’s not particular. Will this be the year that bonds them forever or tears them apart for good?

In a debut novel that is raw, honest, hilarious, and thought-provoking, Lauren Saft masterfully conveys what goes on in the mind of a teenage girl and how often even the closest of friends walk the thin line between love and hate.