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dark
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I thought this was an intriguing premise for a book, a time-travelling killer and a magical house, but the final product disappointed me. We spend WAY too much time in the killer’s head and he's extremely boring if you're not into reading the same rant about how he hates women 400 times. The romance with Kirby and her supervisor is stupid and never really amounts to anything (and in the end she STILL needs a man to save her!) and the explanation for the magic behind the house’s time travel abilities is the absolute most boring one you could pick. The "blaccent" on a few of the Chicago characters is borderline racist parody. The other shining girls are all really interesting but when you finally get invested in them they die horribly so it feels a bit pointless. For some reason I thought this was going to be about Kirby trying to save the others, but it isn't.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Torture, Blood, and Medical content
Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Racism, and Sexual content
Minor: Ableism, Deadnaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Racial slurs, Self harm, Transphobia, Excrement, Vomit, Antisemitism, and Dementia