Girls on Fire (Wasserman) - Book Reviews

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Part murder mystery, part love story, this page-turner explores the dark side of the all-consuming friendship between a wide-eyed good girl and a grunge-worshipping rebel.
Cosmopolitan


An intense whirlwind of love, violence, and obsession in a small town.
Redbook


Robin Wasserman may be known for her YA novels, but her foray into the adult genre is well worth your time
InStyle


Girls on Fire is an enthralling, gritty, and altogether unpredictable read that holds nothing back.... You will be utterly riveted.
BuzzFeed


With its narrative witchcraft, conjures up the ghost of the decade [the 90s] to full effect.
Flavorwire


A chilling mix-tape of love, girl crushes, secrets, and revenge… Read it on vacation; read it on the train; read it at the beach; read it at a campfire just about to burn out—but don’t miss it.
Ploughshares


[O]verwrought if intermittently powerful.... Wasserman attempts to imbue her keenly observed junior Thelma and Louise with broader social resonance about girlhood and empowerment, but for many readers the take-home message may instead be that not all unhappy lives prove compelling
Publishers Weekly


[E]xplores the fraught relationship between two teenage girls.... Although her subject matter is bleak, Wasserman writes with knowing clarity about teenage friendship and the emotional land mines of high school. Recommended for fans of Megan Abbott. —Amy Hoseth, Colorado State Univ. Lib., Fort Collins
Library Journal


The story unfolds as a maddening tease, with shocking events waiting around every corner-and an ending that will leave readers stunned.
Booklist


Successful YA novelist Wasserman makes her adult debut with this edgy portrayal of a passionate, obsessive female friendship set in the grunge era ("9 Women to Watch in 2016").
BookPage


Girls behaving very, very badly.... Reading this overstuffed and overwrought book is, more often than not, as tiresome as paging through a high school diary. The fact that it's set in the 1990s doesn't help.... Simultaneously overwhelming and underwhelming.
Kirkus Reviews