Just finished listening to this teen novel on audio. Libba Bray is the reader and I am convinced she acted sometime in her past. She seamlessly does all the voices as well as the timely commercial interruptions and footnotes throughout the reading. This novel begins as a satire and farce of media, advertising, reality shows, the series Lost and of course beauty pageants. This book really is about the beauty myth and the ideal that our society is feeding all women. These girls learn to survive on an island and are empowered to see beyond the beauty myth to their own strengths and ambitions.
AND it is ridiculously funny!! It is a book I will revisit more than once!
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