The Shining Girls

The Shining Girls, as a horror/thriller story set in Chicago, is very different than either of Beukes's previous novels, and it shows the range of her writing skill. It is not my favorite of her work, but that is likely due in large part to the fact that the genre and subject matter correspond less closely to my personal interests. I appreciated that the serial killer was not glamorized, and I was particularly drawn to the shining girls, including the survivor and protagonist, Kirby. I wished there could have been more time spent with the shining girls throughout history, since the repetition of character introduction to brutal murder could get numbing. Overall, I enjoyed seeing another side of Beukes's skill as a writer, and I am already reading her next novel, Broken Monsters.

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