Reviews with content warning for Gore - Maeve Fly

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ashley_elizabeth's review

challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I had no idea I'd finish this book with tears in my eyes. It's not every day a gore-filled punch of a book leaves you with that impression, but here we are. Holy shit.... What a book.

I'm fairly pleased the author never really turned this into some kind of moral quandary or an opportunity to make some grandstanding point about how women "go crazy" and blah blah blah. Maeve is who she is, pretty naturally (as we're told), and Leede doesn't really make any points about that or turn it into a lesson. Refreshing!

While there's plenty of icky stuff throughout, be careful with Ch 39; Leede gets particularly graphic and I had to skim some of the bits. Despite the graphic nature, I was completely enthralled with Maeve and her strange little life.

I was absolutely rooting for

her and Gideon to ride off into the proverbial sunset as the weirdo little serial killers they are

and it was crushing to see how differently this turned out. Honestly I'd almost say this is a romance? Wrapped in the examination of someone's descent into absolute ferity?

Damn. What a book.

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holy_moly_colee's review

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This book had a really cool concept about the clashing life styles one person could.lead at the same time. I did not finish the book because it was too explicit, gory, and overall just gross at a lot of parts. I think it was just vulgur for the shock factor and it just wasn't my vibe.

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emhicks72's review

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4.25

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mudlizard's review against another edition

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dark 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

1.5

not much else to add that others haven't said about how cringy this is. except as someone with an interest in wolves, the 'big bad wolf' (vs sheeple) shit is IRRITATING.

the tar pits scene is to me what the american psycho reference was to others

and the drops of 'quote worthy' feminist takes are very shallow once you think about them for more than three seconds. the struggle Maeve has with being perceived as a victim could've been interesting if actually explored but the book is too concerned with its shitty thesis statement to do anything remotely interesting there. also racist susan situation could've been better executed/explored or just not at all. ehhhhhhhh that whole part of Maeve's character is underutilized imo. gore and gross out factors are pretty lackluster but thats obv very subjective.

johnny Depp rpf sex was the last straw tho

quite a bit of sexual harassment and violence (mixed in between consensual sex) for those unaware.

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