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Girls with Sharp Sticks
- Girls with Sharp Sticks, Book 1
- Narrated by: Caitlin Davies
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary
Westworld meets The Handmaid’s Tale in this start to a thrilling, subversive near-future series from New York Times best-selling author Suzanne Young about a girls-only private high school that is far more than it appears to be.
Some of the prettiest flowers have the sharpest thorns.
The girls of Innovations Academy are beautiful and well-behaved - it says so on their report cards. Under the watchful gaze of their guardian, they receive a well-rounded education that promises to make them better. Obedient girls, free from arrogance or defiance. Free from troublesome opinions or individual interests.
But the girls’ carefully controlled existence may not be quite as it appears. As Mena and her friends uncover the dark secrets of what’s actually happening there - and who they really are - the girls of Innovations Academy will learn to fight back.
Bringing the trademark plot twists and high-octane drama that made Program a best-selling and award-winning series, Suzanne Young launches a new series that confronts some of today's most pressing ethical questions.
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- V_Nerdbooks
- 23-11-19
It's the quiet ones you should watch out for!
Welcome to Innovations Academy, the boarding school that will help your daughter become her best self.
We will teach her to be a smart young girl, we will teach her lessons of life, and we we absolutely make sure that she will learn to keep her pretty little mouth shut!
Oh, you caught that last bit did you?
You see, here at Innovations Academy, we like to teach our girls, all 12 of them, that they are not important, worthy of anything and also that their opinion doesn't mean anything at all, They are just girls, and everyone knows that a woman's voice is so much better when it is not heard.
No we will teach them how to sew, we will give them proper vitamins every day, we will give them a balanced diet (we don't want them getting fat) and we will also schedule sports to tone up those flabby muscles!
The Guardians here can sometimes be a little "over-zealous" but don't you worry about that, I mean who needs to hear about any problems, not us Hahahaha.....no we have a special councillor here that the girls can speak to and make all of their problems disappear!!
Philomena, Mena for short is one of the 12 lucky girls that have been picked to go to this highly prestigious school, and she loves it here, for the most part, her friends are the best thing about the school, and she loves them fiercely.
They talk about things that normal teenagers do, boys, sex, kissing, but not in front of the teachers, talking about boys is strictly prohibited, they all know that their parents will allocate them a husband when they graduate.
They must learn to be beautiful, respectful, and to obey everything their husbands ask of them.
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Narrated by Caitlin Davies, a new to me narrator who did a fantastic job with this book, I will definitely be looking out for other books that she has narrated.
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- Olivia
- 05-03-20
Good but the summary ruined the twists
Really enjoyed this book creepy and intriguing, just really wish that the summary given at the top didn’t ruin the twists in the story
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- Ldk88
- 01-04-19
Scary but very fun!
So I always have a hard time finding fiction I enjoy because the way most writers write is a bit to plain for my taste. Its hard for a book to hook me, and when I find an author's whose voice I like, I usually read all they have to offer.
I didn't know Suzanne Young, but I really liked the title of the book and decided to give it a shot, even if dystopian stories aren't usually my thing.
This book will make you angry, I was angry for most of it, but the story is very captivating. The way the author used fiction to highlight the different injustices and pressures of womanhood and how patriarchy subjugates women through ridiculous expectations, its really extreme at times, but quite relatable.
I also like the bubbling revolution that goes on in the characters psyches, the character development doesn't feel rushed, which hard to find. I found the pace quite good.
Anyways, cool book! Im interested to see where this series goes!
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