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Maeve Fly by CJ Leede

49 reviews

denee16's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Stalking, Murder, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Emotional abuse, Torture, Toxic relationship, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Toxic friendship

zoidtobias's review

challenging dark tense medium-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Drug use, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol

Minor: Vomit

percy_still's review

dark mysterious 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cancer, Death, Drug use, Gore, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Terminal illness, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Kidnapping, Murder, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

anatomicalpuppet's review

challenging dark funny tense medium-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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Abortion, and Suicide attempt

citybound13's review

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

2.75

I loved the beginning of this book but the second half had some serious pacing issues. The budding romance between two of the main characters was the best part of the book aside from the murderous debauchery and I felt like that aspect gets neglected at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

fictionalfabrication's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

5.0

There was one point in this book that physically brought me to my knees in the middle of my work day. It was vile and disgusting and brutal and beautiful. I've never been so horrified and enamored in my life.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Murder

welsh_witch's review

I loved this from the first sentence, and I read about 3/4 of it, but Maeve got too disgusting and disturbing for me and I put it down, intending to DNF it. But I kept thinking about it… Had to go back and finish it off. Unfortunately, I’m not sure the ending

(starting with the drugging, torture, and murder of Andre and Liz, which is where I tapped out)

was as good as the rest of the book. Anyway, not for the faint of heart.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Terminal illness, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, and Alcohol

Minor: Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Excrement

booktender's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Dark as all hell, delicious, raunchy, terrifying, entertaining, sexy, psycho,  and some parts disgusting. Amazing to listen to in audiobook form. Maeve is CRAZY and I love her!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, and Murder

jully_bean's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Drug use, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, and Dysphoria

mercuryretrobae's review

challenging dark emotional 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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Body shaming, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Excrement, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Cannibalism, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail