Reviews with content warning for Sexual assault - Maeve Fly

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erin_mae9797's review

challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

3.0

I feel kinda all over the place with this book. It felt really weird throughout the first half. Maeve talks a lot about her hatred of people but specifically her disgust for men. But then her initial two victims are women? I guess I could understand why

Hilda

gets the boot but I really didn't feel like

Claire's torture thing

was necessary. Also I really didn't like the fact that a lot of the more sexually violent methods of torture seemed to mostly happen to her female victims. Again, I just don't see how that aligns with her other beliefs or added much to the story.

Near the last 75 pages is where I was enjoying the story most. Once she finally breaks, the level of violence is so outlandish that it becomes fun. Whereas the violence in the first half of the book feels like it is teetering the line of being serious and being weird, the last section goes full throttle on the gore and absurdity. Maeve using

real human ears on a pair of mickey mouse ears

was so funny. Also the descriptions, specifically relating to the outcome of

the band and Dereck

were the perfect amount of stomach turning and cathartic gore for me.

Weird mixed feelings on this one...was hoping to like it more than I actually did, so I guess I'll leave it at a 3 ╮ (. ❛ ᴗ ❛.) ╭

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sydneyema's review

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dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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kelsylee's review against another edition

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dark funny sad fast-paced

4.25

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trashynucleus's review

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challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

2.75

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marinerbovig's review

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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

2.0

Half a psychological study of the mind of a Disney Princess and half baby’s first splatterpunk, this was almost a really fun read for me. The glaring discrepancy that legitimately ruined the book for me was the use of sexual violence. There’s some pretty nasty stuff and it is exclusively done to women. And yeah, sure, at some point a dude’s you-know-what gets chopped up but it’s par for the course with his other appendages and not a real focus. When it comes to women, it’s used as a psychological and physical torture tool and far more horrifying than cutting anything up could be. Unbelievably disappointing from a wannabe feminist novel written by a woman.

Could have been good, I would have loved it if it wasn’t for the disparate treatment of the female characters. The story wouldn’t have lost a thing if the sexual violence www traded for regular violence, or if that somehow is too big of an ask, if it was equal among genders.

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denee16's review against another edition

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challenging dark 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? It's complicated

2.25

I'll start by saying I actually really like CJ Leede's writing. Her word choice, vivid descriptions, well constructed characters (despite the insanity) was truly impressive.
The amount of times I had to pause and process the insanity that I read was too many to count. I'm awful with gore descriptions, if you are too, this isn't the book for you. It was, to say the least, a LOT.

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