A little weird, a little like Mean Girls and I liked it a lot. Oligarchy is what I can only imagine teen/high school life is currently like, and, oh God, how glad am I that I'm old? Lots of dark moments, maybe a little bit satire, but fresh. I've not read a book quite like this one before and I really enjoyed it. Thomas' writing style is imaginative and also had me laughing at points that I'm *hoping* were supposed to be funny. Otherwise I might be a weirdo.

Oligarchy comes out 1.14.20.

4/5 Stars

This book had potential based on the blurb, but it just didn't come together for me. The characters were flat and out of central casting for Mean Girls and the eating disorders/thinness theme wasn't enough to hold this together.

So I have been trying to get my hand on this book for months. Mostly because it sounded like it might touch on eating disorders. And it does I felt it did it well too, but I felt I wasn't thrilled with the rest of the story. I just felt frustrated with the girls. I don't mind unlikable characters but honestly it was almost to much. I had sympathy for them but also I just wanted to shake them. The school favoring skinny girls was interesting but not enough so to carry the book. All in all I enjoyed it, but I didn't love it.