Reviews

Mrs S by K. Patrick

carsonelainee's review against another edition

3.0

I’ve had Mrs. S on my radar for a while now. I can’t remember where I first heard about it, though I feel like it was either through @jackbenedwards or @lesbrarycard. Mrs. S is about a woman who takes a job as the matron at an all-girls boarding school and begins to develop romantic feelings for the headmaster’s wife.

The writing style is very cool and inventive while also being indicative of the “sad girl literary fiction” subgenre that I’ve come to love. Sadly, I didn’t love Mrs. S as much as I was hoping I would. It was just incredibly slow and I got a little bored.

I would still 100% recommend this book to a particular group of people even though it was a 3-star read* for me.

*My 3-star ratings are not bad. It normally just means the book is not a new favorite for me. I’ll still recommend it because it was a fine enough book, just wasn’t that special in my eyes.

julietealy's review against another edition

slow-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

3.5

hyunniebunny's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

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

3.5

willowcat's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective 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? No

4.25

emma103's review against another edition

emotional reflective

5.0

meganlione's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

charlottedoyle17's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad slow-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

3.5

louie's review against another edition

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

learning how to know yourself as a young nonbinary lesbian is already so hard without also being in love with a hot older married woman

mihaaap's review against another edition

wtf is this writing style, for me it was really hard to follow

lolitaaa_'s review against another edition

emotional reflective medium-paced

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

2.75