Dare Me

Dare Me by Megan Abbott
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

This is everything that you think it might be. A story about cheerleaders and murder told in a dark, subversive tone with all the ways young girls flaunt their sexuality as power, and use their popularity to manipulate and torment those that want to be like them. It feeds into all the bad stereotypes of young, sexual cheerleader types with a dark cloak hanging over it, worn by a narrator who never wants to look at anything too closely. The stunted vision aids an air of mystery, but by the end, I was bored and tired with the whole thing and kind of disgusted with portrayal/ promotion of bad girl behavior. Also, do cheerleaders really have locker room pep talks akin to Olympic gold medal stakes during regular season cheering? The whole thing was just too much.

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