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Maeve Fly by CJ Leede

109 reviews

iambigsmelly's review

challenging dark tense fast-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

3.5

This book is difficult. In a sense that it's messed up in every way. But this trope of body mutilation during sexual acts is tiresome. It's too easy. I was recommended this as body horror. It is not. It's scrapping the bottom of the barrel in terms of body horror. 

That being said it is a book that makes you want to keep going. Every "what the fuck" moment makes you want the next one. Just like our killer Maeve it taps into a primal obsession. 

It's odd, disgusting, but intriguing, possibly projecting? 

I give it 4.5-5 in terms of how it's written, fast paced, and in your face. Poetic but not too cliché that it's boring. But it takes a bit hit cause IMO I hate this trope in "body horror". It's 2 dimensional. Instead of putting things in places that don't belong, why not make places become something that don't belong?

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Sexual harassment

arcillaf's review

dark funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Cancer, Cursing, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

mushmoll's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, and Murder

haylee_reads's review against another edition

dark 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

1.0

What the fuck did I just listen to? I don’t know if I am smart enough to fully understand the themes of this book…but with other horror novels that has never really hindered my enjoyment of them. I did not really enjoy Maeve Fly. The writing style was stream of consciousness and I think that was unique, but everything else was just not it for me. I also liked how much Maeve cared about her grandma and Kate, but like idk…It was deeply disturbing and my face was in a permanent 🥴. I genuinely am at a loss for words and don’t know what to think. 

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Content Warnings

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

josie_reads_books's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

poisoned_icecream's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Gore, Rape, Blood, and Murder

gen_wolfhailstorm's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

What a deeply disturbing and fantastic book.

Have was such an unhinged character but I somehow rooted for her and was utterly devastated by the ending.

There was a humorous yet strange scene that was definitely an ode to Patrick Batemen watching himself having sex.

This was such a captivating story. It was like a train wreck - I just couldn't look away. Every time I put the book down, it was all I could think about.

It had me physically cringing in disgust and shouting out in disturbance and I loved every moment of it.

This is going to stick with me for a very long time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

georgiaaa's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Loved the horror aspects, the setting, and the main character's voice. Too much sexual content for me, just not my vibe. I read a review before that it had American Psycho vibes, which is true, but that threw me off because I was expecting a twist ending which never came. It didn't need one though, I really enjoyed the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and Murder

emilymae303's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Definitely a shocking read with a lot of blood, gore and torture. Being from a female perspective is a nice twist on the classic serial killer trope and while there were themes that explored the inherent misogyny in most horror novels, it felt like the author didn’t dig deep enough into those themes and opted for just shock and gore instead. 

It’s a quick read and the dichotomous relationship between the setting “happiest place on earth,” mixed with the themes was dark and quirky.

 It ultimately read like a love story to LA, which seemed fitting given the fake persona Maeve tried to carry throughout the book, ultimately to succumb to her true darkness. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Rape, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Cannibalism, and Murder

palpatines_cat's review

dark funny 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

4.0

Maeve Fly is fantastic for anyone that wants to get into Extreme Horror. It's a great starting point and the way that CJ Leeds writes is beautiful.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism