Friday, December 12, 2014

Beauty Queens by Libba Bray

This book begins with a plane crash. But the author says "we do not want you to worry about this."  The plane is filled with beauty queen contestants and after it crashes on a desert island, they have to figure out how to survive and keep their nails neat.  The characters are comical at first, but as the survival aspect starts to peel away their veneer, their humanity is revealed.


 This story could have easily  become  Lord of the Flies, but Bray cleverly steers it, resulting in an enjoyable read with a deeper thread of how far women have advanced since the 50s, but have they really...

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