Book Review: Beauty Queens

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


This was a funny silly novel.  But also deep.  If that makes sense.  She brings up some serious issues that face young women today, but does it with stereotypical characters.  Sort of.  I guess you could say she does it in a lighthearted way.  One of my favorite parts of the story is when one of the girls is called out for saying "sorry" a lot.  They tell her that as women we often feel like we have to apologize for having an opinion, or for speaking or sometimes for just existing. And that's crazy! I know that I said "sorry" in almost every sentence when I was younger. Without really realizing it. Then I met a woman who said it more than I did, and it drove me crazy!  That's when I realized that I'm not going to say sorry for living anymore, and even though it's a small thing, it's really helped me a lot and given me a lot of confidence. 

So this was a fun book and the audio was hilarious!  The reader did all the voices (which really helped me keep all the characters straight). 

General MoMo and his stuffed lemur were my favorite characters. 

So, If you want something funny and light, but thought provoking too, read it.  I will also refer you to my friend Bridget's review (http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/...), because she is much better at reviewing books than I am.



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