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4.09 AVERAGE
4.09 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
tense
slow-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
emotional
sad
tense
fast-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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
loved the slow, 2 person scenes btw the possessed (paul and then later bartholomew) and the people he tries to turn to his cause: paul vs father p ("you cannot count my names father, for we are many"), barty vs johnson in the hole, barty vs father p (revealing secrets there's no way barty could know about) . great building of slow tension. not as big of a fan of the more fast-paced action scenes (the chapel, the ending fire) . the pacing just felt off sometimes. was really hoping for this to end with a small hint at one of the surviving boys being possessed, a strange smile, black eyes , something. seeing as it passed from paul to barty, it would make sense for it to continue on, no? felt emotional at points, andrew ordaining peter amid the chaos got to my lil atheist heart .
but i wonder, who and why did someone whisper in peter's ear during thechapel attack ? after that thought we'd see 1st person perspective of peter becoming enthralled/possessed . which brings me to another question i didn't quite understand: was barty the only one possessed, all the other boys and johnson were merely being controlled by him, or were they possessed too ? feel like it was more ambiguous than i would like. also feel like peter's thoughts about an "evil seed" inside of him, and him seeing "things that aren't there" were mentioned and then brushed over too quickly. these things were only TOLD to us rather than SHOWN, especially the former.
the scene of peter having a waking nightmare ofhis father visiting him at night, sitting on his bed, slowly decaying and reenacting his suicide was phenomenal, as were the one-on-one scenes mentioned above. if the book had kept that slow, intimate tension and building of dread this could have been a 5, but alas.
but i wonder, who and why did someone whisper in peter's ear during the
the scene of peter having a waking nightmare of
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes