Reviews

Orpheus Builds A Girl by Heather Parry

augusthoney's review

challenging dark medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A nauseatingly dark story, handled well by the author.

kikki_heart's review

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

lucynicholson's review

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

bethiguess's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Genuinely harrowing. Like absolutely disgusting. I've never had such a visceral reaction to a book before. Cannot recommend enough to other fans of gothic horror

carmenx9's review

4.0

This is what reading Goethe and Novalis does to a mf

littlenerdyscot's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

umeboshhhi's review

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

rosieboxall's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

bexpaxton's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

what a book! explaining the concept of this book raises eyebrows,, explaining it's based on true stories makes that worse. 
 this book makes you both love and despise humanity, sparks conversations about spirtituality and life after death and lays bare the reality of how women's bodies are treated in both life and death. this book makes you feel uneasy,, as if your soul was the one battling against injustice.
 i loved the discomforting, grusome imagery surrounding death and decay. for a book about despicable actions and despicable people i loved the writing style. the nods throughout to the gothic are superb and bring the genre up to date and relevant to everything that has happened to women in the last 5 years and probably will continue to happen for a long time after. 
 an unforgettable read that will replay in my head with characters who will never leave,, unfortunately.

lindsay_b85's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

3.5