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Maeve Fly

C.J. Leede

3.77 AVERAGE

mak_zepp's review

3.0

Weirdest hockey romance I ever read

peachtreegothic's review

2.75

challenging dark funny sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book was challenging, which is good. I really enjoyed the writing style.

It also compelled me to read American Psycho, considering how heavily it’s referenced throughout. Unfortunately, after reading American Psycho, some of the more compelling stylistic choices in Maeve Fly are revealed as decent facsimiles rather than something transformative.

I understand the theme/idea that Maeve is just a coagulation of the books she’s read, but the characterization never really moves beyond simple reference into something more compelling.

The portrayal of LA is great, and ultimately the city is the most interesting character in the book.

I will probably re-read it at some point because, again, I really enjoyed the writing style, but the plot and characters felt like less than the sum of their parts.

ajlatrobe's review

5.0

This book is disgusting and unhinged and heartbreaking.

kendallllouise's review

4.5

dark 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

princess_audri's review

3.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I’m going to say something weird, but this would have been a beautiful and horrific love story. Sadly, it doesn’t end that way. Perhaps that would have made it a bit more compelling Maeve is interesting enough, and I do really love idea that women can just be torturous monsters without having a victim story or a reason. But I don’t really like Maeve’s voice. It’s so cliche? I think I would have loved more on Gideon and I didn’t really feel the chemistry between her and Kate as friends. Also, I felt like the whole Disney arc could have been talked about more? This was a lot and I ripped through it quickly so I suppose it was interesting enough, but I really just wanted something more, or something fresh. This felt regurgitated from different things. Like I kept thinking of a Criminal Minds episode at the end (if you know, you know). I don’t know, I think this would have panned out better as a horror romance, and I’m not even joking.

saraihj's review against another edition

2.0

dark slow-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

It was fine.

Some thoughts:
The writing style is really great.
Maeve is insufferable with her "I'm not like other girls" monologues in the beginning but she becomes more enjoyable to read as the book goes on.
If you took out all the Disneyland and Frozen/Elsa references and descriptions out, this book would be half as long.
All the threats of grape to other women in this book are horrible and almost made me stop reading it a few times. It's very t-rture p-rn. Just not my type of horror/gore.
I don't know what i expected from this book but it wasn't this...I don't get the hype, but it might just not be my type of horror.

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