208 reviews for:

Welcome to Dorley Hall

Alyson Greaves

4.27 AVERAGE

theorygirl_ftw's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

prettyprincesscutie's review

3.75

adventurous emotional tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ezrataylor's review against another edition

4.0

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That was a wild ride, and a particularly entertaining one at that. I didn't really know to expect going into reading this novel, and was pleasantly surprised with the progression of the narrative. While I will say that there are a lot of characters, and quite a few creative liberties taken into consideration, I got the overall impression that this was a well developed and rather distinct story that raised very interesting questions about the relationship between personal and social attitudes to gender identity. While I hesitate to condone the premise of Dorley Hall, I do think the level of depth and commentary regarding its intent was highly compelling, and I really appreciated the nuances explored throughout.

josiewrites's review

2.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-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

estrogenism's review against another edition

2.0

medium-paced

silvergoose's review

5.0

challenging dark hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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What a tremendous book. Every chapter, every conversation, gave me pause. A few times I had to put the book down and stare off for a bit, in a good way. 

Read the premise, and if that's the kind of book you want to be reading right now, it's incredible.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Deadnaming, Self harm, Torture

junipurrrrr's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thirdtimesacharm's review

4.25

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Dysphoria

Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry

Minor: Trafficking, Alcohol

lore_is_cool's review

5.0

emotional funny hopeful inspiring

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readastorywithtory's review

3.25

challenging dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No