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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
I couldn’t finish it. I might give it another shot someday, but it was boring and confusing.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was such a strange but neat book. I absolutely LOVED the format. There were journal entries that had random bold letters in them to where the entire journal entry said one thing, but then the bold letters made a sentence that said something else. The sentences were in verse sometimes or just bigger or smaller or had random spacing. It was really neat! That's about where my love stopped. It started strong and was really freaking cool and I was so caught up in figuring out what was happening....and then that ending. One of my book pet peeves, I feel like it's such a cop out. it started to lose me the last third of the book and the ending was just so disappointing. So yeah. A big disappointment. Others may not view it that way though and I think the rest of the book may have been worth the read. I just wish it would have had a better resolution.
Almost 100 pages into this book, I was going to give up on it. Then it took off and became delightfully creepy! Very glad I listened to the audio version!
This is an auto by author for me I have loved the three books I have read by her. This one in particular gave me chills at somepoints. I love the aspect of the mixed media it really added to the atmosphere of this book x
I couldn't keep interested in the story - it was a little to out there.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book is honestly just one long fever dream. I think the writing style was very unique and unlike anything I’ve ever read before. It’s the kind that probably wouldn’t work with many other genres. Also the audiobook is amazing and really plays off the writing style to make it an immersive experience. However, plot wise, not much actually happens in this book. The ‘scare’ factor is more so in anticipation of something happening than anything actually happening; this works to a point but after a while something actually needs to happen in order to make the scariness work. I can see why people like this but it is also easy to see why others like myself don’t. This is a very decisive book that you’ll either love or hate.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Suicide
Moderate: Animal death, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, Dementia, Grief