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ghostlyprince's review
dark
emotional
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
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Sexual violence, Toxic friendship, Blood, Bullying, Death, Alcohol, Child death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Suicide attempt, Body shaming, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, and Infidelity
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Deadnaming, Drug use, and Hate crime
leilorenzo's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
2.5
Ok. Tiktok brought me to this one and I found the ARC cover they showed compelling. It could reflect the duality evident in society, where women want and are given more liberties, but they are always held to impossible standards.
The coven's characters were amazing. A tight-knit group of female friends who have gone through everything together and stand first and foremost for each other.
The rest of the characters I found to be lacking, kind of generalized versions of different cliches.
The instalove, or rather, insta-infatuation was way too fast, even for teenagers. Speaking of teenagers, they have some incredibly deep things happen to them and we are expected to accept these grown-up behaviours? Kind of unbelievable, would have accepted more of it if they had been university characters maybe? More young adult.
I found myself still invested (a little bit) in the story, even if it reminded me at all times of old tragedies (and then read it was meant to be a Macbeth retelling hehe) so I kept on reading till the end, which is open ended and leaves a strange taste behind, given last minute developments.
The coven's characters were amazing. A tight-knit group of female friends who have gone through everything together and stand first and foremost for each other.
The rest of the characters I found to be lacking, kind of generalized versions of different cliches.
The instalove, or rather, insta-infatuation was way too fast, even for teenagers. Speaking of teenagers, they have some incredibly deep things happen to them and we are expected to accept these grown-up behaviours? Kind of unbelievable, would have accepted more of it if they had been university characters maybe? More young adult.
I found myself still invested (a little bit) in the story, even if it reminded me at all times of old tragedies (and then read it was meant to be a Macbeth retelling hehe) so I kept on reading till the end, which is open ended and leaves a strange taste behind, given last minute developments.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape
Minor: Transphobia
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