Courtney Summers

All sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis wants is everything, but the poverty and hardship that defines her life has kept her from the beautiful and special things she knows she deserves. When she stumbles upon the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James, Georgia teams up with Ashley's older sister Nora, to find the killer before he strikes again, and their investigation throws Georgia into a glittering world of unimaginable privilege and wealth--and all she's ever dreamed. But behind every dream lurks a nightmare, and Georgia must reconcile her heart's desires with what it really takes to survive. As Ashley's killer closes in and their feelings for one another grow, Georgia and Nora will discover when money, power, and beauty rule, it's not always a matter of who is guilty but who is guiltiest--and the only thing that might save them is each other.

A spiritual successor to the breakout hit Sadie, I’m the Girl is a brutal and illuminating account of how one young woman feels in her body as she struggles to navigate a deadly and predatory power structure while asking readers one question: if this is the way the world is, do you accept it?

I'm the Girl

Lindsay

it’s that she was afraid of her own dreams, and some people, they don’t know how to have dreams… so they decide to live in a world where they just can’t ever come true.

Jesse Presgraves

J Nieto

So, this is a really difficult book to review. On the one hand, I can't say I enjoyed the story or the characters, but I would be concerned for anyone who did. This book deals with a lot of dark topics, and it would be extremely advisable to check trigger warnings beforehand.
That being said, the book is undeniably well-written. Courtney Summers is amazing at telling stories that feel real, and for better or worse, this one was one of them. 

I don't think I can say any more than that. I think there are other reviews that delve deeper and better at some of the problems I had (for example, with the character of Georgia). This story left me feeling so mad, and empty, but also a little bit hopeful? I don't think this is a book I would recommend to friends, and I honestly don't know if I was in a healthy mental space to read it.
But honestly, would I've ever been in such a space? The story is really important, as it deals with heavy topics such as grooming, assault, the invulnerability of power structures, and how (in such structures) women are treated just as sexual objects, so their only means to climb up the hierarchy is through their beauty. I think the book could be used to generate a lot of discussion and just as a first step to talk about these topics.

I think this book's description is misleading. The mystery is a subplot and if I knew what this book was really about I likely wouldn't have read it--it's very heavy in terms of subject matter. I felt lost the whole time and honestly didn't really get the end?

TW: SA, statutory r*pe, CP, grooming, murder, CSA. All of these are featured HEAVILY 

Holly

I think this book's description is misleading. The mystery is a subplot and if I knew what this book was really about I likely wouldn't have read it--it's very heavy in terms of subject matter. I felt lost the whole time and honestly didn't really get the end?

TW: SA, statutory r*pe, CP, grooming, murder, CSA. All of these are featured HEAVILY 

There are some books that are disquieting to read… yet powerful. Courtney Summers excels at such books.

Plot in a nutshell: Georgia sees her beauty as her only way to escape poverty, but becomes embroiled in a murder mystery while falling in love with the victim’s older sister. Corruption and power, lust and innocence, all these are explored as Georgia uncovers the truth of the girl’s killer and who covered it up.

Please be aware this book contains scenes of attempted assault and sexual content involving a minor (fade-to-black-ish?).

Liz Griffin

There are some books that are disquieting to read… yet powerful. Courtney Summers excels at such books.

Plot in a nutshell: Georgia sees her beauty as her only way to escape poverty, but becomes embroiled in a murder mystery while falling in love with the victim’s older sister. Corruption and power, lust and innocence, all these are explored as Georgia uncovers the truth of the girl’s killer and who covered it up.

Please be aware this book contains scenes of attempted assault and sexual content involving a minor (fade-to-black-ish?).

In the world of Jeffrey Epstein’s, Courtney Summers is determined to show how young girls could be easily influenced and sometimes even.. how deadly it can be in her latest novel, I’m the Girl.

Courtney Summers truly has mastered the art of creating thought provoking stories, stories that are completely relevant and make you squirm while reading them. This book was an experience that every YA thriller fan should enjoy.

Georgia is a sixteen year old young women who’s DETERMINED to get what she wants no matter the cost. And what she wants is to become an “Aspera Girl.” Aspera is a elite club for the rich and powerful, and these girls are the ones to help serve them. The path that leads her there (literally) is also where she’s hunted down, ran over and left for dead but she pulls herself together only to discover the body of Ashley James on the side of the road.

Her story leads her and Ashley’s sister, Nora, on a path to discover the truth of her sisters murder. But Georgia is also out for herself to get what she wants. She wants to be seen as beautiful and be admired and like I said, will do just about anything to receive just that.

But what happens when she discovers the grass isn’t always greener?

This is a book about predators, about the rich and powerful and no one there to stop them. It’s about being innocent and not realizing what the world is truly like. It’s a serious thriller about real topics and provokes a lot of feelings.

I’m the Girl is a coming of age queer thriller. It’s fast paced, raw and the ending to this story is just perfection. I hope you pick this one and enjoy is as much as I have.

There are DEFINITELY trigger warnings so make sure to do your research.

Courtney Passio

In the world of Jeffrey Epstein’s, Courtney Summers is determined to show how young girls could be easily influenced and sometimes even.. how deadly it can be in her latest novel, I’m the Girl.

Courtney Summers truly has mastered the art of creating thought provoking stories, stories that are completely relevant and make you squirm while reading them. This book was an experience that every YA thriller fan should enjoy.

Georgia is a sixteen year old young women who’s DETERMINED to get what she wants no matter the cost. And what she wants is to become an “Aspera Girl.” Aspera is a elite club for the rich and powerful, and these girls are the ones to help serve them. The path that leads her there (literally) is also where she’s hunted down, ran over and left for dead but she pulls herself together only to discover the body of Ashley James on the side of the road.

Her story leads her and Ashley’s sister, Nora, on a path to discover the truth of her sisters murder. But Georgia is also out for herself to get what she wants. She wants to be seen as beautiful and be admired and like I said, will do just about anything to receive just that.

But what happens when she discovers the grass isn’t always greener?

This is a book about predators, about the rich and powerful and no one there to stop them. It’s about being innocent and not realizing what the world is truly like. It’s a serious thriller about real topics and provokes a lot of feelings.

I’m the Girl is a coming of age queer thriller. It’s fast paced, raw and the ending to this story is just perfection. I hope you pick this one and enjoy is as much as I have.

There are DEFINITELY trigger warnings so make sure to do your research.

I'm the Girl

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