“Fern and I could not forgive. And the reason we murdered these people was very simple.
It was for revenge.”
Well, this is incredibly awkward. This is the coming of age story of a psychopath, and I thought it was really, really good.
The main character, Rachel, is completely nuts. She gets excited imagining inflicting horrible violence on people and fantasizes about blood.
It all started when Rachel was twelve and came across a gory picture in her mom’s art book. Instead of being repulsed by the grotesque image, Rachel was intrigued. From then on she made it a priority to take down those who opposed her.
“In my head I challenged every one of them, daring them to mess with me.”
Rachel was so horrible, and yet she was a completely fascinating character. Being inside her mind and seeing all her gory, ugly thoughts was awful, but at the same time it was so interesting to understand her view of people. For instance, she thinks most people in the world are either jerks or completely stupid, and there are very few genuinely clever minds out there (like hers).
In high school, Rachel has no friends, but when she suddenly gets into heavy metal music it quickly takes over her life. She even starts her own band. As far as she’s concerned, life couldn’t get better. Then a terrible incident occurs to Rachel and her friend Fern, and the two girls start plotting cold, ruthless revenge.
This was a strange book, because it was a thrilling page turner, but it didn’t quite fit into the “mystery thriller” genre. It’s about Rachel’s life, and messed up as it is, at times she’s just an ordinary teenager arguing with her parents, crushing on a boy, or trying to find a job. It was an unusual cross between a thriller and a contemporary novel. One thing I know for certain: it was extremely psychological.
“Not just anyone can become a killer. That’s what they want to think.”
Boring Girls took on a bold subject and wasn’t afraid to explore it thoroughly. It was dark, incredibly violent and disturbing, and yet held my attention the entire time. I’d like to blame this on the fact that it was so well-written. Sara Taylor had a fast-paced, gritty style that I quickly came to love, and she succeeded in creating one crazy awesome debut.
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