Plague Horror at a Boarding School

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WILDER GIRLS had a lot of promise, and I think that it has some well done and powerful aspects to it. I loved the female friendships, and the queer romances that come into play as the book goes on. I also liked the mythology of The Tox, even if we didn't know much about it and why it came about. I also really enjoyed seeing how the social structure in the school has degraded as time has gone on, and how Power lays out how desperate the situation has become, and what characters will do in hopes of saving themselves. All that said, WILDER GIRLS didn't suck me in as much as I'd hoped it would. I felt that the pacing was a bit slow, and while I was interested in The Tox and how it has changed and affected the characters, I didn't feel like enough focus was on it. I usually like wider conspiracy stories, but for whatever reason WILDER GIRLS didn't hold my interests as much as I would have liked. I also didn't care for the ending, as it felt to be very clearly a way to write a sequel, but also to shut it all down should that opportunity not arise. Because of that it felt a bit abrupt, and unsatisfactory.

WILDER GIRLS didn't give me what I wanted from it, but that doesn't mean that it should be written off. There are definitely things within it that I liked. It just wasn't consistent in its appeal.