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swyant42's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
tishywishy's review against another edition
4.0
Flew through this novel. The Girl with All the Gifts was a good book but Fellside really drew me in. Jess was a bit of an unlikely heroine. There were moments when I wanted to shake some sense into her because she was utterly frustrating in her naiveté. The other characters really brought this novel together as the author wrote their histories into the storyline. The ending was unexpected but I guess M.R Carey has a penchant for non-fairy tale endings.
lolajoan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This book is incredibly dark and sad and distressing, but somehow it doesn't leave you with a bad feeling. It isn't exactly hopeful, and throughout the whole thing everyone's pretty miserable, but there's a lightness to it and I guess the sort of surrealness of parts takes the edge off so it's not just a big depression fest. It's beautifully written.
crimsoncor's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely fantastic. Very different in a lot of ways from the girl with all the gifts, though the empathetic main character who has an odd relationship with a child was not a wholly unfamiliar character turn from Carey. The ending is just superb. Unexpected, thrilling, and quite satisfying.
teresaalice's review against another edition
3.0
My friends are going to laugh, because I seem to give all books 3 stars, but it's because I have a hard time objectively rating books. #1, because I'm always in awe of anyone who's written a book and #2, because I feel bad that someone's given so much time and energy, who am I to rate it badly?
But, in this case, this book really is a solid 3. After "The girl with all the gifts", I truly expected to be blown away. This book kind of rocked me in a mild wind. The beginning seemed promsing. Jess Moulson, a heroin addict, is in jail for starting a fire that killed the ten year old boy, Alex, who lived upstairs from her in her apartment building, while she was high. We follow her from the hospital, where she is recovering from life threatening burns, to Fellside, a women's prison, to begin her sentence. She has a hard time adjusting, as I could imagine anyone would, until the "ghost" of Alex shows up to keep her company. I have to put ghost in quotations. If you read the book, you'll understand.
I kept waiting for a big reveal, a big reason that all of this was happening. To me, when that big "reveal" happened, I was disappointed. The ending disappointed me. It left me feeling vaguely dissatisfied. Although I really appreciate Carey's writing, this book did not do it for me.
But, in this case, this book really is a solid 3. After "The girl with all the gifts", I truly expected to be blown away. This book kind of rocked me in a mild wind. The beginning seemed promsing. Jess Moulson, a heroin addict, is in jail for starting a fire that killed the ten year old boy, Alex, who lived upstairs from her in her apartment building, while she was high. We follow her from the hospital, where she is recovering from life threatening burns, to Fellside, a women's prison, to begin her sentence. She has a hard time adjusting, as I could imagine anyone would, until the "ghost" of Alex shows up to keep her company. I have to put ghost in quotations. If you read the book, you'll understand.
I kept waiting for a big reveal, a big reason that all of this was happening. To me, when that big "reveal" happened, I was disappointed. The ending disappointed me. It left me feeling vaguely dissatisfied. Although I really appreciate Carey's writing, this book did not do it for me.
grayjay's review against another edition
4.0
This was a fantastic horror-mystery about a woman who is put in prison and then is visited by a spirit trapped in the facility. It had surprising twists and turns, and a well-developed main character.
carleneb's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0