I would like to thank you for the opportunity to read this book, however I am no longer interested in reading this book.

I am sorry but this just wasn't for me. I felt I could sympathize with Corby for being bullied but I was so indifferent about her character I couldn't even feel that. Finding out this was translated made sense because the writing was sub par to say the least. The characters were all unlikable and the adults were clueless. I found this so far fetched that I often wondered if this was a satire.

Easy, fun and engaging read. I felt invested with the characters and the plot flowed organically. Perfect beach ir airport read.

Corby doesn't have an ideal life. She's bullied constantly and living in the shadow of her beautiful TV anchor mother. Her father is almost an aide in keeping her weight up and helping her to compress what she is feeling.

Then an unexpected encounter with one of the most popular boys in school makes everything worse for Corby. The girls that were bullying her are now completely fixated on making her life miserable. Constantly looking for things to do that will either hurt or humiliate Corby.

When one of the girls enters her family's store, Corby hopes that she can turn things around. Hopes that this is her chance to set things right and get away from the constant pain and embarrassment. Corby couldn't have been more wrong. Things take an unforeseen turn and from that point on its a downhill ride for the girl who wanted nothing more than just one friend.

An intriguing and suspenseful story.

My first experience with Natasha A Salnikova. I was pleasantly surprized. Emotional and typical description of teenagers, the traumatic effect of bullying, the horror of its effects on the teenage mind. It was a page turner that kept me up late at night. Well worth reading. 4/5

I found this book to be an easy fun read. Some good suspense that held my attention. The ending being too abrupt would be my one criticism of the book.

A full review of my opinions will be published on my website soon. In short, I wasn't a huge fan of this book. I think there have been books with the same plot which have done it better.

Mean girl by Natasha A Salnikova.
This was a very enjoyable read with likeable characters.  Some characters I didn't like.
Corby Mackentile is a fifteen-year-old girl who attends a private school. She has been bullied because of her weight since she was twelve, especially by the most popular girls. Her parents - her mother is a TV anchor and her father is a Buddhist who owns a butcher shop - are too busy with their own lives to pay attention to their only daughter. Corby has a crush on one of the most popular boys in school. He makes fun of her once, but then unexpectedly apologizes to her via text messaging. Corby has no idea why he does that, but from that moment, her situation with three of the popular girls becomes worse. Then, one day, one of the girls who had bullied Corby comes to the butcher shop where Corby works for her father after school. The girl doesn't miss a chance to tease Corby about her weight once again, but a pure, but horrible accident that happens during this visit changes Corby's life in a way she's never expected.
I didn't see that coming.  Very strange ending. 3*.

I had a hard time getting through this one. The entire story is told from fifteen-year-old Corby's perspective and inside that girl's head is not a pleasant place to be. She's hard to like and she wasn't interesting enough to keep me turning pages. Things just kind of happened to her.

This book was not what I expected. The premise was an interesting one, but I don't know if it was the writing style, but I just could not get into it. With all in the news regarding bullying, this book could have made a impact, but it did not. This book was not very realistic to me, yet at times, some of it was disturbing. Thanks to NetGalley, the author and the publisher for the ARC of this book in return for my honest review.

Wow, I just put this book down and my head is still spinning...but in a good way :) Mean Girl is a story of bullying gone to far and the ends to which one girl will go to to make it stop. We all seek acceptance, but sometimes we find that acceptance in the wrong person. Mean Girl brought me back to my high school days and what I endured as an overweight teen. This is the first book I've read by Natashsa A. Salnikova and I'm interested to see what she comes up with for her next book.

This book felt like it had been done before. I had no emotional connection to any of the characters and didn’t necessarily care what actually happened.

This horror thriller opens the reader to the subject of bullying right away. While we have seen shows and other books take a handle on this personal and poorly handled problem; Corby takes action in this twisty read.

There were moments of shock and others that made the plot seem repeated, I somewhat enjoyed the book. Thank you Netgalley and Natasha A. Salnikova for a chance to read this e-galley!

Thank you, NetGalley, for a copy of this book.

Mean Girl is a story of Corby, an overweight girl who is repeatedly bullied by her classmates. After a tragic accident, Corby's mind slips as she takes control of her life in an unexpected way.

This book kept me entertained. It was a bit predicatable, especially with Jacob's story, but it was interesting enough to keep me reading. Long time readers of psychological suspense books won't be too shocked by this one, but being a passenger while Corby tries to justify her actions is interesting. It's not quite a descent into madness, but something similar. It does try to force a message in there, about bullying and suicide, but it felt forced and unnatural in course of the story.

As someone that was bullied in school for her weight, I can attest to the fact that the author captured all of the emotions that are felt during that time period. However, the main character in this book took matters into her own hands and we see a change in power between her and the girls that are bullying her. The author did a superb job of writing this so that the reader can feel the emotions that the main character felt and understand why she chose the actions that she did. Definitely recommend.

Mean Girl is a very hard book to review without ruining a lot for the next reader. I really enjoyed the book which I received from #NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review. I will gladly recommend it to others and I would definitely read more from this author. Without spoiling anything the book is about bullying and the effects it has on the children who are exposed to this everyday of their life and leave a lasting impact on them totally ruining their future. I give this book 5 stars for a great story line and strong characters.

Thank you NetGalley for granting me access to this, but it is a tough book to review.
The story focuses on Corby, a young girl who is bullied and who ends up taking control of events in a most unorthodox way.
Throughout the story you feel some sympathy with Corby for her situation. However, the initial action that prompts her behaviour is a little flimsy in construction. Nobody seems to know what’s going on, her parents ignore her and the way the bullying is described is rather juvenile. Girls can be much more vicious, and I feel this makes her behaviour hard to understand.
Once we reach a certain point it becomes so far-fetched I continued reading just to see how bad it got. The answer...pretty bad.

I have always said that I will be honest when I review ... so buckle in, you might be in for a rough ride.

Firstly, this book is written really badly. It's like someone has been tasked with trying to write it in the most boring way possible. I can only assume that this has been translated into English, at least I hope that's the reason why the writing is so terrible. It's stilted, disjointed and basic, and not in a way that enhances the 'weirdness or isolated nature' of the main protagonist. No, just in a way that makes you want to claw your own eyes out of your head.

Secondly, the plot. This could have been good. The exploration of a teenage girl being bullied at school, followed by her involvement in an awful accident where one of the perpetrators of the bullying dies - now doesn't that sound interesting? But it quickly descends into the farcical. I'm not convinced that having someone die from an accident in front of you (in what was possibly the world's most pathetic accident) would turning you into a raging serial killer, especially if beforehand you were just a completely normal 15 year old girl.

The characters were bland, if non-existent at times. It was impossible to tell any of the 3 'ullies apart, there seemed to be no distinguishing features. The parents were awful, some of the repeated conversations they had at the dinner table didn't even make sense. It was as if the dialogue was written by someone that had never heard a real conversation before.

The plot goes on to become more and more ridiculous and in between the ridiculousness there are intense spates of tedious nothingness.

I think of myself as a fair person and I never trash things just for the sake of it, or to get a cheap laugh. However in all honesty, I really tried and failed to find any redeeming qualities about this book. I really didn't enjoy reading it and it's the closest I've come (since War and Peace) to throwing in the towel and admitting defeat.

I really wanted to like this book as bullying is an ever-increasing problem in schools, but it was just too weird and not terribly realistic--kind of like a bad Lifetime movie. Corby goes to private school and is overweight so she is taunted and bullied every day by the popular girls. And yes, she gets revenge in the worst way imaginable. The writing was odd; I think this can be attributed to it having been translated from the original language, but it seemed to distance the reader from the characters and there was no one at all likable in the book. All the adults--from parents to teachers and administrators were portrayed as idiots and the teens were barely believable because their personalities seemed to change every moment. I found myself saying, "huh?" way too often.
I do love a good psychological thriller, but this one--while gruesome and gory--did have a premise but it was just too unbelievable for me. I can usually suspend disbelief but not this time.

I tried, but it was like one of those straight-to-DVD horror movies which just suck. I think tackling bullying is really important, I mean who hasn't had a rough ride at some point from one bratty kid or another? And why should that be an accepted part of growing up? And if you've ever been truly affected by bullying, you'll know that it is utterly disgusting and deserves more coverage in the book world to change how we treat others. But this book isn't, in my opinion, the way to go about spreading positive messages about how to overcome this.

For me, Mean Girl shows bullying on a really superficial level. The nasty girls use unoriginal, overused "insults" repeatedly, and whilst this is definitely enough to wear at someone, this just doesn't portray the real magnitude of bullying at all. The author had the perfect platform here to really showcase how utterly devastating bullying can be, how psychologically damaging and draining it is for a person to have to work through. And she just didn't take that opportunity. Equally, the ways in which Corby decides to defeat her bullies are just not realistic. I'm sure lots of young people will pick this book up hoping to relate to Corby and see how she moves past her struggles, and I think the outcome is disappointing and not at all the kind of motivator these readers will be reaching for.

The main explanation for this has to be that the writing style in this book is just weird. I think the author genuinely tried to tackle important issues, but the execution caused the key messages to be lost. The writing is choppy, sometimes doesn't add to the story, and can be quite obtuse and blunt. I get that these kind of (allegedly) psychological thrillers can sometimes benefit from a disjointed narrative, but this is utterly emotionless, very simple and really dry. I didn't feel anything for any of the characters, and usually I'm quite affected by their inner workings.

I have great respect for any author who challenges such an important topic, and I don't think beautiful prose is necessarily needed to capture that; we just need more books out there that accurately portray what it means to be bullied, or perhaps even to be a bully. But the execution of this one misses the mark for me, and I won't be recommending it.