Hooper transposed three remarkable women into three dear friends.īecause Fast Girls operates on a multiple POV basis, each character feels exponentially more personal to the reader. Louise’s struggle to be recognized for her talent instead of her skin was heartbreaking and worth rooting for. I was hooked on Helen’s overnight stardom. I needed to keep reading, I had to know what happened to Betty during her high-stakes run. The thing that I loved most about Fast Girls is that I was instantly invested in the women’s stories. Hooper takes the fascinating stories of Robinson, Stokes and Stephens and converts them into compelling, bite-sized chapters that bait the reader to continue reading on to the end of their stories. The three central women of Fast Girls are, simply put, phenomenal. Fast Girls offers so much more to readers than just the bare facts. It touches on their individual trials and tribulations, splicing the occurrences of their actual lives with Hooper’s fast-paced and enticing storytelling. It focuses on their personal lives and their ascension to national fame.
Overall, Fast Girls is a riveting narrative of the real lives of three female athletes. While it may seem like 8 years is a large chunk of time to digest, Hooper’s choice to chunk the book up into sections and give equal attention to the stories of her three leads works well in the book’s favor. Divided into four parts throughout 8 years, Fast Girls centers first on Betty and her initial run at the Olympics, then Louise and her chance in Los Angeles, Helen’s status as a rising star and finally, the convergence of the three leading ladies on the American team at the 1936 Olympics. The novel follows a largely linear scale. Fast Girls is a novel that effortlessly draws readers into multiple locations, immersing their senses in the dreary days of the Berlin games or the bustling crowds of New York City. The novel is set all across America, spanning from rural Missouri to sunny Los Angeles and, of course, across the sea in Amsterdam and Berlin for the 19 Olympic Games, respectively. The lives of Betty Robinson, Louise Stokes, and Helen Stephens are intimately explored, allowing readers a peek into the world of the lady runners. Via Marvin Ronsdorf for Unsplash The Nitty Gritty: PlotĬentering around the lives of three mostly-obscure women athletes, Fast Girls isn’t your typical historical fiction novel.
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