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Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede

49 reviews

chaotic_tumbleweed's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Drug use, Sexual violence, Torture, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, Murder, and Chronic illness

pigsjillyjiggs's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Death, Toxic relationship, Sexual assault, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Gore, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Vomit, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Dementia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

swewovsky's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Torture, Gore, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, and Sexual content

Moderate: Drug use and Alcohol

ruthypoo2's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

This is a well-written and interesting story with a unique and somewhat unbalanced protagonist with feminist-leaning sensibilities. While the flow of the storyline is pretty tight, at times it felt a little slow to me, but around 60-70% it became quite engaging.

The bottom line is that I don’t care for body horror or sexual content, especially when they’re combined. Even though the body horror and sexual content in this book are relatively mild and the author doesn’t go into a lot of detail, it was still, personally, more than I want to read. With that said, it works for the main character, Maeve Fly, and the story, just not for this reader.

I listened to the audiobook, narrated by Sosie Bacon. The personality and vocal inflections Ms. Bacon brought to all the characters fit perfectly, but I thought the huskiness of her voice took a little getting used to at the start.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture and Body horror

Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Sexual content, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Animal cruelty, Rape, and Murder

Minor: Gore

essie101's review

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Sexual assault, Torture, Blood, Alcohol, Sexual violence, Violence, and Medical content

hauntedantiqueshop's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Hey, quick question— what the fuck was this?

Oddly enough, I did kind of like it though. Not the gross shit but the overall story I suppose. The ending made me a little sad for Maeve but I didn’t really expect a happy ending for her. Definitely not a book for everyone, I don’t think there’s anyone I would ever recommend it to. But I am interested in reading something from this author again!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Rape, Death, Body horror, Sexual assault, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Drug use, Animal cruelty, Misogyny, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Confinement, Toxic friendship, Medical content, Toxic relationship, Alcohol, and Excrement

Really weird sex stuff. Like uncomfortably weird sex stuff.

ekw0036's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

There’s much in this book to fuck you up but that ending hurt

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Drug use, Torture, Body horror, Violence, Sexual content, and Blood

mxpringle's review

dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

This is probably one of the most depraved and bizarre books I've ever read, which is definitely saying something. I feel like I could've used more background as to how the events that happened in Maeve's life or thoughts she had led her to doing certain actions in the book, because a lot of the actions she did just seemed so off the rails that I couldn't see any human reasoning behind it anymore. It kind of felt like the things she did were just like trying to get a reaction out of the reader rather than being authentic character development. However, this was still overall a really interesting/enjoyable read (though very dark and depraved). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Terminal illness, Mental illness, Rape, Medical content, Blood, Gore, Murder, Torture, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Violence, Physical abuse, Death of parent, Animal cruelty, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

Moderate: Drug use, Pregnancy, Misogyny, and Alcohol

Minor: Toxic relationship and Pregnancy

caseyundercovers's review

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Wow, what a wild ride. Predicted the ending, but it still had its fun twists and turns.

It has more debauchery than spice. You have been warned.

It is very graphic and not for the faint of heart or young readers!

Could recommend to horror fans and my fellow weird lit girls.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Drug abuse, Violence, Torture, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Murder, Sexual assault, and Alcoholism

Minor: Excrement and Gaslighting

racheltheripper's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Sexual content, Animal cruelty, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Drug use and Cannibalism