Just a Girl by Alyssa Cole

Just a Girl by Alyssa Cole took me in an unexpected direction. I had forgotten the format the story is told in between I bought it and when it started reading it. I hesitated when I started unconvinced it could work, but it did. The story quickly pulled me in, made me care, reminded me of events from my past, and brought forth my empathy for Tiana, the main character. Cole tells the story through social media posts, direct messages, emails, etc. in a way that feels immediate and all too real. Just a Girl is a well written story that is also a stark reminder that the Internet doesn't always offer the safety or the cover we think it does. While it took me a minute to get used to the format, I did end up enjoying the story itself more than I expected to.



Check back soon for my thoughts on other books I'm reading including:


Pity the Reader: On Writing with Style by Kurt Vonnegut and Suzanne McConnell
Capitalism Calls Poetry Lazy by Wyatt Welch
The Woman in Me by Brittany Spears
Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books by Ursula K. Le Guin
Petals of the Moon: A Poetry Collection by C. Churchill
The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes



Reviews will be posted as I finish these books.


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