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3.61 AVERAGE
3.61 AVERAGE
loved it….? first part was great, last part was good, middle part was the most lackluster.
either way i couldnt put it down
either way i couldnt put it down
I....don't know what to rate this tbh. The parts that worked for me really worked and the parts that didn't work for me really didn't. Certainly an experience. There was some excellent body horror?
The main thing staying with me is how oddly tender brain honey was considering the circumstances.
The main thing staying with me is how oddly tender brain honey was considering the circumstances.
dark
tense
fast-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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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:
Complicated
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I sincerely hope there will be a sequel. This was a grotesque, interesting, and captivating horror of a novel that is completely soured by the lackluster and ultimately hollow ending that gives no answers and drops the most interesting nugget mere pages before the completely flat finale.
dark
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:
Complicated
A good Lovecraftian story that starts strong and ends flat. Disappointing how the sole Black character is treated. Name dropping an actual Dahmer victim is really crass and unnecessary. I think there’s things to like here but overall it just doesn’t land for me.
challenging
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved SO much of this book SO deeply. Such a fun read. That ending was not my cup of tea, however. I come away from it intrigued, wanting more, & yet slightly disappointed, personally.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Vomit, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Chronic illness, Infidelity, Medical content
Minor: Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Police brutality
So, so, so tired of cool concepts and and amazing prose hust getting massacred by overbearing politics. Yes I'm well aware that politics have always been in fiction. But holy shifvtheres a right and a wrong way to do it. Fahrenheit 451 is a cool book. I loved it. Animal Farm was just flat boring to me. In terms of politics in horror specifically (at the risk of sounding like a broken record) Stephen King does it right. The author if Lovecraft Country did a good job. These are books that have messages but they assume that the reader is smart enough to figure it out without it being spelled out.
Covid is real and it was serious. I get it, I understood that in 2020. I don't know what the point was in brining up female assault statistics. This was just too on the nose with the covid comparison. I am an escapist reader which is why I think that this sort of thing hits a particular nerve with me.
I loved the writing style so much. The descriptions were disgusting (this is a good thing). The story was cool and the concept of the virus was awesome. But it got overshadowed by lectures and dialogue that could have come from tiktok or YouTube that pulls me completely out if the story.
Stop preaching at me, stop lecturing me. Just tell me a story and if you do it right I'll get the message.
I think that I just need to stop reading YA novels written after 2017. There are so many that sacrifice good story telling for soapboxes and refuse to show and not tell.
Keeping it at 2 starts instead of one because at least with this one the prose was solid, the story was compelling, I love body horror (this author did that expertly, I was appalled lol), and I was able to finish it.
Covid is real and it was serious. I get it, I understood that in 2020. I don't know what the point was in brining up female assault statistics. This was just too on the nose with the covid comparison. I am an escapist reader which is why I think that this sort of thing hits a particular nerve with me.
I loved the writing style so much. The descriptions were disgusting (this is a good thing). The story was cool and the concept of the virus was awesome. But it got overshadowed by lectures and dialogue that could have come from tiktok or YouTube that pulls me completely out if the story.
Stop preaching at me, stop lecturing me. Just tell me a story and if you do it right I'll get the message.
I think that I just need to stop reading YA novels written after 2017. There are so many that sacrifice good story telling for soapboxes and refuse to show and not tell.
Keeping it at 2 starts instead of one because at least with this one the prose was solid, the story was compelling, I love body horror (this author did that expertly, I was appalled lol), and I was able to finish it.