Beauty Queens
Written by Libba Bray
Narrated by Libba Bray
ratings:
4/5 (455 ratings)
Length:
14 hours
Editor's Note
Surrealist satire…
A plane of beauty pageant contestants crashes on an island, leading to a hilarious surrealist satire of “Lord of the Flies” that explicitly tackles capitalist corruption and the danger of stereotypes based on race or gender.
Description
Teen beauty queens. A "Lost"-like island. Mysteries and dangers. No access to emall. And the spirit of fierce, feral competition that lives underground in girls, a savage brutality that can only be revealed by a journey into the heart of non-exfoliated darkness. Oh, the horror, the horror! Only funnier. With evening gowns. And a body count.
About the author
Libba Bray is the New York Times bestselling author of A Great and Terrible Beauty and Rebel Angels, both of which have appeared on ALA's Best Books for Young Adults list.
Reviews
What people think about Beauty Queens
4.1455 ratings / 173 Reviews
Reader reviews
- (3/5)Super silly as expected plus some feminism 101. The author had a good time narrating - one of the villains sounded a lot like Sarah Palin.
- (4/5)So much fun! Laugh out loud hysterical!
Teen beauty queens meet LOST.whatever will they do? - (4/5)DELIGHTFUL
- (4/5)Fun concept, fun book. Ready pretty quickly on vacation, really enjoyed all the different personalities shown among the girls. Enough adventure and jokes to keep me entertained throughout, and I liked the ending a lot more than I thought I would.
- (4/5)Entertaining listen!
- (3/5)The book is very funny and over the top. It was a 3.5 star for me. My only real issue was its length. I really felt it dragged in the middle. I found myself wishing it would hurry up and get rolling towards the conclusion. It is a great social satire though. I think it would have been a 4 to 5 for me if it had been a little shorter and tighter.