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bookbrig's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
3.75
This is a great story. I actually think it would be a perfect read to recommend to teens who liked The Hunger Games, but have grown up a bit since they read it. It's got fantastic characters and a really fascinating story. If you like books with boarding school elements, heist elements, and excellent characterization this is a perfect choice.
I only have one tiny complaint. This is a book with some serious content, including torture, murder, and rape, and plenty of swearing. But there's the choice to write a certain four letter word as F followed by a line. Occasionally, F___ing. And it's used a lot. It drew me out of the story every time, and I'm really not sure why this technique was used. I'd say either write the full word or just leave it out. And "shit" is certainly used without any dashes. Also, hell and god damn. It just felt... weird. If there's a scene where one character nearly rapes another and is then nearly murdered in turn, I think your readers can probably handle seeing "fuck" written out too.
I only have one tiny complaint. This is a book with some serious content, including torture, murder, and rape, and plenty of swearing. But there's the choice to write a certain four letter word as F followed by a line. Occasionally, F___ing. And it's used a lot. It drew me out of the story every time, and I'm really not sure why this technique was used. I'd say either write the full word or just leave it out. And "shit" is certainly used without any dashes. Also, hell and god damn. It just felt... weird. If there's a scene where one character nearly rapes another and is then nearly murdered in turn, I think your readers can probably handle seeing "fuck" written out too.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
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