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challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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? N/A
3.0
This book is hard to describe. It is told in multiple perspectives and is surreal and supernatural and an incredibly slow burn. I don’t know if I fully understand how everything came together or didn’t in the end but I did still think this was an interesting read. I feel like we needed a bit more for this to feel fully resolved and definitely would warn everyone to check trigger warnings as this is not an easy read. This is a tough book to wrap my head around for sure.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, and Sexual assault
Minor: Suicide
allena_inwonderland's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
3.5
What I liked: descriptive writing style, that kept me going. The immediate attention to detail.
Short and quick chapters
The beginning
Prologue was actually one of my favorite parts and I wanted more!
What I didn’t like:
Unnecessary gang rape
Malik not knowing how to defend himself & forgetting
That epilogue?!
I didn’t like how some story lines weren’t flowing like it felt like fluff
So-so:
Religious aspects
- I have my own problems w religion but it was interesting for me to read something so interwoven with biblical aspects from someone (LaRocca) not being of faith and I get it is for his mom
Is that why we got that epilogue 👀
- The synchronicity‘s with biblical stories
Specifically I felt this brought attention to the anti christ & how in the Bible it talks about them deceiving people to gather a following and that’s exactly what I was seeing portrayed.
Also Ghost and Mr. Crowley differences and relationship.
Book shows a good portrayal of grief.
Lots of thoughts but don’t want to spoil the story!
Short and quick chapters
The beginning
Prologue was actually one of my favorite parts and I wanted more!
What I didn’t like:
Unnecessary gang rape
Malik not knowing how to defend himself & forgetting
That epilogue?!
I didn’t like how some story lines weren’t flowing like it felt like fluff
So-so:
Religious aspects
- I have my own problems w religion but it was interesting for me to read something so interwoven with biblical aspects from someone (LaRocca) not being of faith and I get it is for his mom
Is that why we got that epilogue 👀
- The synchronicity‘s with biblical stories
Specifically I felt this brought attention to the anti christ & how in the Bible it talks about them deceiving people to gather a following and that’s exactly what I was seeing portrayed.
Also Ghost and Mr. Crowley differences and relationship.
Book shows a good portrayal of grief.
Lots of thoughts but don’t want to spoil the story!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Physical abuse, Hate crime, Car accident, Blood, Homophobia, Rape, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Mental illness, Kidnapping, and Death
Moderate: Suicide
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