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| Title | : | The Girl in the Mirror |
| Author | : | Cathy Glass |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Student Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2005 by Harper |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. Sociology. Abuse. Autobiography. Memoir |
Cathy Glass
Paperback | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 4.1 | 1763 Users | 132 Reviews
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*Contains heavy spoilers* Prior to reading 'The Girl in the Mirror' I had already read 3 of Cathy Glass' memoirs, and loved them all, finishing them in a few days. However, I think Glass should definitely stick to memoirs, as I found this novel disappointing and hard to get into. The plot structure itself makes for a perfectly good novel (but only if you don't mind graphic descriptions of abuse and have a strong stomach) but the writing made it extremely predictable. I'd guessed that Mandy was a victim of sexual abuse by the time I'd read the prologue, and then Glass patronises the reader further by dropping several huge hints, so by the time the truth comes out, it isn't overly surprising. The twists near the end were again, adequate, but certainly not altogether shocking and quite predictable (I guessed as soon as I learned that Jimmy was dead that it was because of suicide... but maybe that's just because it's how I would have written it as well!) While Glass' writing style certainly makes for an easy read, I think it's far more suited to memoirs than it is novels. As the book went on I became increasingly annoyed by the lack of fluidity of the prose and her tendency to tell us every action or thought which Mandy encounters. For example: "Five minutes later the train began to slow as the station approached. Mandy stood, then waited by the doors until the train stopped. The doors opened and she got out, her pulse quickening and her breath becoming fast and shallow. She looked the length of the platform and then followed the dozen or so passengers who were walking towards the exit barrier. She'd never used this station before; it was on a different network to the one she used when she visited her grandparents, twelve miles away. She fed her ticket into the turnstile and followed the signs to the ladies' WC." This isn't the worst example, but it's just one of the badly structured paragraphs which frustrated me. Everyone knows how one leaves a station, so what's the need for a lengthy description of it? Another moan I have about her writing technique is that you find a cliché on every other page, and the dialogue is often unrealistic. People have an annoying tendency to call each other 'love' and sometimes I felt I was reading the same chapter several times over. I did find myself wanting to rush to the end, and not really for the right reasons. I wasn't engrossed by the ending, and I found the funeral scene unnecessary. It's an ok book as far as plot and read-ability is concerned. I was just getting very annoyed with it by the end!
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| Original Title: | The Girl in the Mirror |
| ISBN: | 0007299273 (ISBN13: 9780007299270) |
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Ratings: 4.1 From 1763 Users | 132 ReviewsNotice Appertaining To Books The Girl in the Mirror
Though I've only read one other Cathy Glass book, I found this one to be very different. Her writing style has certainly progressed though it still isn't fantastic. This story was very interesting and intriguing. I found this, despite the subject(s), very easy to read. The story ran smoothly and it was certainly a page turner. I'll be looking forward to reading more books by Glass.What a bummer. It was painfully boring with too many unimportant details. With its forty something chapters, I started to get annoyed with its too slow plot from chapter nine. So much for Cathy Glass. She pushed it too far in the part when Mandy found her naked picture in Uncle John's laptop. What a silly coincidence, as if Cathy could not find another way in her writing to make Mandy recovered from her 'amnesia'. The last half of the book I just read it sooo fast merely to find key words then I
Wow! was my gut reactionHow do you review on a subject so hurtful to the heart? You try to go impersonal right? Cathy once again has done an outstanding job as an author. She gets into the heart of the matter without any qualms. This book is about recalled memories. Mandy was abused traumatically as a young adolescent and had buried the memory deep within herself. Her family also hushed the memory. Would talk about it and covered it up very neatly. When Mandy agrees to help nurse her ailing
This was much different then her other books that I have read. I di however enjoy it. As always love her writing. On the story part of it...This poor girl, seems as though everyone in her life kept her attempted rape a secret. It was so tramatic for her she locked it deep away. Although she did this she still suffered from the effects of it every day. Not wanting anyone to love or touch her. In my oppinion you need help and to deal with these things strait away. Otherwise in infects the rest of
This was a good story! This was about a young woman named Mandy who goes to her aunts house to help care for her grandfather who is dying. While at her aunts house, Mandy starts to remember things that happened to her ten years earlier.
I was a little bit worried before I started to read this book as rhe reviews I read were not great. Even though this isnt a true memoir like cathy glass normally does I still thought the story was very good and believable. Ok so you could guess something had happened to Mandy before its revealed in the story but I her true life stories you have speculations about what children have gone through. So I thought this story was very true to life and its a topic that cathy glass has experience about
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