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3.46 AVERAGE
3.46 AVERAGE
i never do this but like WHAT is UP with these SIMILES. please. i'm begging the editor. vary up the sentence structure, don't use a simile every other sentence. this book sounded extremely my shit but i find myself wishing it had been done with a more deft hand
dark
tense
fast-paced
Hey this book? Sucks! If it wasn't so short I wouldn't have bothered with finishing it. At no point was I shocked or squeamish, just constantly waiting for something of value to occur and create a story more impactful than "leaving a bad situation is better than staying in it and hurting yourself/others, actually". I felt like I was reading a tedious r/nosleep post where the author confused "intriguing" with "just plain ugly". This wasn't even ugly in a pretty or significant way. Just a lot of bland gore, vague allusions to concepts never fully realized, and the words "mount/mounted/mounting" too many times for 100pg run.
Also like. Weird rhetoric inserted in like the first page where the POV character (whose country of residence is never specified) opines about how nice America must be and how much she wants to go there... Ok.
Also like. Weird rhetoric inserted in like the first page where the POV character (whose country of residence is never specified) opines about how nice America must be and how much she wants to go there... Ok.
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
plaintive, yet heavy-handed. Lays it on hard with the grotesquery without giving enough space to the relationships being bound and unwound by the monstrous introjections that define the narrative. It's fine, but a little clunky in how it escalates the horror.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This was so freaking weird, gross, depraved, and I loved it. I’m still not sure what I read or what happened, though.
Check the trigger warnings before you read and tread carefully if you’re squeamish.
Check the trigger warnings before you read and tread carefully if you’re squeamish.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
How can horror be beautiful? Eric LaRocca knows the answer and they do an amazing job in this gothic dark fairy tale.
We follow a teen girl and her mother as they process loss, grief, anger, and betrayal. There are strange creatures that come into their house as explosions happen outside. It's a claustrophobic tale that reminded me of Coraline at times and also Pan's Labyrinth. The magic of imagination but also the way that trauma is processed in different ways by different people is all fit into this 100 page story.
I highly recommend it to anyone who likes strange and gruesome stories as well as dark fairy tales that will leave you wanting more of that twisted world.
We follow a teen girl and her mother as they process loss, grief, anger, and betrayal. There are strange creatures that come into their house as explosions happen outside. It's a claustrophobic tale that reminded me of Coraline at times and also Pan's Labyrinth. The magic of imagination but also the way that trauma is processed in different ways by different people is all fit into this 100 page story.
I highly recommend it to anyone who likes strange and gruesome stories as well as dark fairy tales that will leave you wanting more of that twisted world.
Truly terrifying! I read this in one go as I was so invested in this horrific, yet beautifully written, story.
I'm deducting one star because there are certain things that should have been adressed during the editing process, e.g. the same similes appearing repeatedly throughout the story or certain words being repeated too close to each other. I have noticed these things in his/their other works well.
I'm deducting one star because there are certain things that should have been adressed during the editing process, e.g. the same similes appearing repeatedly throughout the story or certain words being repeated too close to each other. I have noticed these things in his/their other works well.