Reviews for Dirty Girls Social Club

The average rating for Dirty Girls Social Club based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2016-01-25 00:00:00 Saad Haithm Find this and other Reviews at InToriLex This book is more than just chick-lit. It explores  the challenges of finding your cultural identity and self worth while keeping up appearances. I could really relate to this book because I am Guatemalan and Black, and am still trying to understand what that means for me.  I am also a true born and raised Bostonian, where this book takes place, and it was nice to recognize the places described. These woman  all have to deal with doing what's best for themselves when that's not the easiest choice to make. I really enjoyed all of the characters and felt like this was a coming of age narrative for women in their late twenties. You never stop learning and evolving and this book demonstrates that well. "I do not think it is wise to fight prejudice with prejudice, so I cannot hate my best friend for being ignorant. I prefer to hide from her hatred and bask in her laughter." While this book does focus on how each woman deals with the people they love, the drama was so familiar I wanted to throw my book. Most women have felt rejected and lost, and because I've made questionable choices in my love life, I found myself in the author's descriptions. The characters unpack what being a Latina means for them, and each has a different but important interpretation. The use of Spanish and the changing point of views of these kept me immersed in these women's lives, and inspired me. It's important to read things where you are taken from your comfortable American existence and this book did this in a fun and sometimes funny way.  "Because you were the perfect woman for this town. A beautiful black woman who talks like a white woman who is actually Hispanic." There are destructive relationships described and the writing style is more stream of consciousness than some readers may appreciate. But to me everything worked well together. The shocking cultural insensitivity and violence described was refreshing because I've seen and experienced it myself. Reality for many is not pretty and easily digested and I appreciate the author getting that across to readers. The only reason this wasn't a five star rating is because the opening chapters read are a bit of a info dump before the rest of the book picks up. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to read about some memorable Latina's, who make it through very hard times through friendship and perseverance.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-10-21 00:00:00 Russell Miller I got to page 125 and finally gave up! This is a rambling mish-mash of way too many characters and points of view trying to do a lot with very little substance. The first chapter alone gave me a headache! I felt like the author chose to write about too many characters. Keeping track of their stories, looks, personalities, and all that was a nightmare and I felt like she could have written a much more engaging novel had she written about three, possibly four, women who were better developed. They all seemed to blend together and the writing was very surface level.