Wilder Girls
by Rory Power
Published by Delacorte Press
on July 9, 2019
Genre: Young Adult, Horror
Genre: Young Adult, Horror
Length: 353 pages
Ages: 14 - 17 years
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Synopsis:
Synopsis:
It's been eighteen months since Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and pulled Hetty's life out from under her.
It started slow. First, the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. Now, cut off from the rest of the world and left to fend for themselves on their island home, the girls don't dare wander outside the school's fence, where the Tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. They wait for the cure they were promised as the Tox seeps into everything.
But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do anything to find her, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors that lie beyond the fence. And when she does, Hetty learns that there's more to their story, to their life at Raxter, than she could have ever thought true.
It started slow. First, the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. Now, cut off from the rest of the world and left to fend for themselves on their island home, the girls don't dare wander outside the school's fence, where the Tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. They wait for the cure they were promised as the Tox seeps into everything.
But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do anything to find her, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors that lie beyond the fence. And when she does, Hetty learns that there's more to their story, to their life at Raxter, than she could have ever thought true.
My Thoughts:
I had originally seen this book compared to The Lord of the Flies by William Golding 'but with girls' and that's what drew me in. It ended up being much more comparable to The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells, which was a surprising horror-like twist so I'm surprised I didn't love this more.
I did love the premise that all these high school girls were quarantined in their private boarding school on an island off the coast of Maine thanks to a naturally occurring toxin that affects them all differently, making them all sick and killing some while maiming others. Some end up with invisible ailments while others grow visible gills or scales and end up like some version of a horror movie monster.
The story really fell flat for me after that. I ended up scanning the rest of the book and that's something I really never do. I lost interest but scanned to continue the story and find out what happened because I had high hopes.
It had a very dystopian/post-apocalyptic feel with a twisted horror element and a bit of lgbt+ love mixed in.
I did love the premise that all these high school girls were quarantined in their private boarding school on an island off the coast of Maine thanks to a naturally occurring toxin that affects them all differently, making them all sick and killing some while maiming others. Some end up with invisible ailments while others grow visible gills or scales and end up like some version of a horror movie monster.
The story really fell flat for me after that. I ended up scanning the rest of the book and that's something I really never do. I lost interest but scanned to continue the story and find out what happened because I had high hopes.
It had a very dystopian/post-apocalyptic feel with a twisted horror element and a bit of lgbt+ love mixed in.
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