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vigil's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
the dialogue was unfortunately twitter poison, flipping between therapy speak and ironic quips, and the plot couldn’t help but undermine itself at every given opportunity. the ending reads as half finished, the initial story ended up being completely irrelevant to what actually went down, and our purpose for the entire story was discarded, the book only accomplished maybe a quarter of what it initially intended to do and all of it proved to be rather useless in the long run with no bearing on the actual narrative.
the emotional thread was all over the place, the romance proved to be quickly tiring, and at the end our main goal is implied to be accomplished offscreen after the book ends. except it wasn’t really our main goal because the original goal was made forcibly irrelevant by the narrative. at the end of the book i could only wonder what the was the fucking point? why write 400 pages of a nothingburger plot with a shit ending? why do i still think YA is a salvageable genre? what happened to the plot of the movie!
also are we still doing villain exposition monologues. even if it is YA, evil grinning cartoon villain monologuing his whole plot to the protagonist is very played out.
it’s only getting two stars for the snake.
the emotional thread was all over the place, the romance proved to be quickly tiring, and at the end our main goal is implied to be accomplished offscreen after the book ends. except it wasn’t really our main goal because the original goal was made forcibly irrelevant by the narrative. at the end of the book i could only wonder what the was the fucking point? why write 400 pages of a nothingburger plot with a shit ending? why do i still think YA is a salvageable genre? what happened to the plot of the movie!
also are we still doing villain exposition monologues. even if it is YA, evil grinning cartoon villain monologuing his whole plot to the protagonist is very played out.
it’s only getting two stars for the snake.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Child death, Death, Violence, Animal cruelty, and Murder
bookishlass's review against another edition
4.5
Lewis is so good at putting characters in impossible situations and upping the stakes. Very curious to see if there'll ever be a book 2.
Content warnings: violence, death, murder, child abuse, domestic abuse, suicidal thoughts, fatphobia, body shaming, child death, dog attack, panic attack, PTSD
Content warnings: violence, death, murder, child abuse, domestic abuse, suicidal thoughts, fatphobia, body shaming, child death, dog attack, panic attack, PTSD
karcitis's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Child abuse, Lesbophobia, Kidnapping, Chronic illness, Gun violence, Mental illness, Domestic abuse, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Body shaming, Vomit, Slavery, Torture, Self harm, Fire/Fire injury, Fatphobia, Blood, and Child death
himalaya's review against another edition
4.25
I thought this was great. TBH if you give me an evil powerful creature becoming protective and caring over a teen I will eat that shit up. snake dad! snake dad!
writeordietrying's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
justinepucellawinans's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
_geminigenres's review
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I think this books touches on friendship, meaning of family, revenge, religious cults, sacrifice, morality, and so much more. There's a lot of trauma in this but also small joys. I was hoping that the end ended like it did. However, there's something else left undone. There could or could not be a sequel. I hope there's not because I think it ended the way it needed to.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Vomit, Toxic relationship, and Torture
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Fatphobia
bravesirtoaster's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0