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mar's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
i usually get frustrated with audiobooks longer than ~8 hours, but I listened to the 19.5h of this one no problem and enjoyed it!! it's slow, but also really captivating and does a great job of building up the tension and creepiness, though it's sadly a little lacking in payoff in the end - I found the ends of both narratives a little abrupt and unsatisfying in different ways (genuinely finished it and went huh. more people should've died :/ or at least get traumatized a little more :/ FJDKGNKF) but overall I did have fun. the characters are compelling, if not always likeable, and the snarky omniscient narrator is excellent. in conclusion i love messy horror sapphics
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Death
Moderate: Drug use, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, and Grief
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Fatphobia, Sexual assault, Forced institutionalization, Car accident, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
camkiwi's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book both surprised me and disappointed me in a few ways. The plot of the story -and its concept as a whole- is interesting and intrigued me enough to read all 600+ pages of this story. However, there were some parts that I really disliked and kind of pulled me out of the flow of reading. For example, some of the dialogue/social media bits of this book are very much written like an older adult trying to use internet slang/sound like a "hip" young adult which really just didn't work for me. In addition, the readers of the book are referenced all throughout this story in a sort of fourth wall break, and this element of the story seemed a bit misplaced at times and pulled me out of the story. The book overall had good wlw representation and it truly felt like a sapphic-centered gothic story. There were also clever bits mentioned in some parts of the story that tied in much later. It had a nice creep factor and ambience to it. But as a whole, this story felt as though it was trying to weave too many threads together, which in turn created some unsatisfying endings.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Addiction and Alcoholism
Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia, Homophobia, Rape, and Sexism
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