The Bitch Posse

   This is one of those books that I bought solely on the name of the book. I mean, I of course read the back of the book to make sure it wasn’t something crazy, but with the simple description of three misfits and how their lives are forever bound together. So, being what I call a “misfit” myself, I had no other choice but to read The Bitch Posse by Martha O’Connor, and I’m glad I did.

   I have to say, the first quarter or so of the book made me question ever picking it up in the first place. It was extremely dark, dirty, and well, scary. Not exactly the kind of thing I was into. I didn’t really like any of the characters, nor did I find their ridiculous obsession over drugs, alcohol, and sex all that interesting. In fact, I became infuriated with the characters, wondering why they willfully put themselves into stupid situations and why they were so careless with their lives. 

   I don’t know if it was the fact that I forced myself to keep reading, or the fact that I the book actually became interesting, but by the middle of the book, I was hooked. I spent nearly every free moment I had reading, just to see how my precious three characters were. I prayed for them, worried about them, and hoped they would make good choices, just like the mother none of them really had. I became pathetically involved with this ridiculous book.

   By the end, I found myself using one hand to cover my eyes as I read their childhood memory that had bound them together forever, through the space between my fingers. My body cringing at the one last dumb mistake they made together. Wondering to myself, why did they have to go to far? Who other than a psychotic murderer would think of such thing? Why? These were three nice girls, why did they do that? 

   Overall, I’m happy that I read The Bitch Posse by Martha O’Connor. It was intense, it was sad, and it was pretty terrifying. I loved how the author made three unlovable characters lovable, and the dumb things they do, seem not so bad. O’Connor was absolutely brilliant in the way that she developed the story.