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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
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
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
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:
No
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
The well scene may legitimately be the sexiest thing I’ve ever read.
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
if you want to read the embodiment of claustrophobia, a fever dream, descent into madness driven by religious alchemy and bacchanalian compulsion that leads to cannibalism, look no further!
we follow three women, each with their own povs in the book, who couldn't be more different from each other but end up in an actual love triangle. i don't know if love is the right word here but i adored how complex their dynamics were, the characters were well written to me. they all had their own goals, fears, trauma and were developed well, so the actual toxic yuri-ism of it all just enhanced the relationships. none of them were black or white good or evil & felt fleshed out; their actions and feelings felt rather realistic with how flawed they were!
the best way i can describe it is like it's the locked tomb's little cousin. the writing was everything!
the writing style makes everything feel grimy, claustrophobic; you feel a sense of urgency and wrongness, time and space don't behave like they're supposed to, it's way too hot to even think and everything feels hazy, it's overstimulating and you feel like something is luring just outside your visual field, if you focus just a little more you could see everything clearly but then you're distracted and under a spell again. the dialogue and symbolism were both executed artfully. i personally enjoyed the medieval horror a lot; there's body horror, there's gore and some cannibalism, there's a religious priory, devotion and fealty are big themes, surrealism and losing any sense of reality and self and more.
the thing that bothered me most is that i feel like the book length was good and starling had a lot of things to say, most of them executed and conveyed well but at some point it felt like she went a little off-track, like she lost direction and momentum for a while. there's a lot of running around in this book, we go between three specific locations a lot and there's quite a bit of indecisiveness which are certainly there on purpose, but after the third time of a character changing their mind and going back on their resolutions it feels a bit repetitive to read.
we follow three women, each with their own povs in the book, who couldn't be more different from each other but end up in an actual love triangle. i don't know if love is the right word here but i adored how complex their dynamics were, the characters were well written to me. they all had their own goals, fears, trauma and were developed well, so the actual toxic yuri-ism of it all just enhanced the relationships. none of them were black or white good or evil & felt fleshed out; their actions and feelings felt rather realistic with how flawed they were!
the best way i can describe it is like it's the locked tomb's little cousin. the writing was everything!
the writing style makes everything feel grimy, claustrophobic; you feel a sense of urgency and wrongness, time and space don't behave like they're supposed to, it's way too hot to even think and everything feels hazy, it's overstimulating and you feel like something is luring just outside your visual field, if you focus just a little more you could see everything clearly but then you're distracted and under a spell again. the dialogue and symbolism were both executed artfully. i personally enjoyed the medieval horror a lot; there's body horror, there's gore and some cannibalism, there's a religious priory, devotion and fealty are big themes, surrealism and losing any sense of reality and self and more.
the thing that bothered me most is that i feel like the book length was good and starling had a lot of things to say, most of them executed and conveyed well but at some point it felt like she went a little off-track, like she lost direction and momentum for a while. there's a lot of running around in this book, we go between three specific locations a lot and there's quite a bit of indecisiveness which are certainly there on purpose, but after the third time of a character changing their mind and going back on their resolutions it feels a bit repetitive to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Cannibalism