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mkesler14's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
My only thing is since this may be setting us up for more, there’s a good chunk of loose ends/plot holes. I also wish we could’ve seen a little more plot development in the first two parts.
Last thing: Ella Stan for Life ✌🏼
Graphic: Death, Suicide, and Murder
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
kalira's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Blood, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Murder, Grief, Mental illness, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Cursing, and Violence
rissaread's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Grief and Death
Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Gore, and Death of parent
kalihell_kalihell's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Death, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, and Chronic illness
Minor: Death of parent
mpbookreviews's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Blood and Death
Moderate: Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Violence, Toxic friendship, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Mental illness, and Injury/Injury detail
sinaprst's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
I also now crush on all of the characters love interests, because I have a problem.
The book is written from four perspectives and all of the chapters are fairly short. I saw some people on here criticizing that, which I somewhat get, but still disagree with. I don't really know why but short chapters especially and also switching povs are things that I at least look for in a book, because long chapters scare me, but that's a me thing I guess, so everyone is different in that regard.
The whole vibe of the book gave pretty much dark academia which I loved and it also very much reminds me of pretty little liars (which I also love, even though it gets more and more unhinged from season to season), so this was right up my alley.
I have to say though the magic came kind of out of the blue for me and I hope it gets established more in the next book. Also I was kind if disappointed that there were mostly European fairytales in there, that even though, that they were darker then the Disney versions, felt kind of Disney-ish, I kind of hoped to have each of the girls have the faith of a fairytale from their country/culture, especially because the whole boarding has students from all over the world.
Lastly, I also wished it was even darker and especially creepier, but maybe that will come in the next one, now that the girls know what's going on.
Regarding the villain of this book, I really liked her, but then again I'm biased because I always have a thing for bad girls. You could kind of see it coming though, who was supposed to be the bad guy. But I'm very much intrigued to see, who will be the big bad guy now, after she died, because obviously there is still more to everything than we as the reader know right now.
Overall, this was far from perfect, but enjoyable nonetheless and I will definitely pick up the next book in this series, because I desperately need answers.
Moderate: Mental illness, Death, Grief, Emotional abuse, Murder, Physical abuse, and Suicide
Minor: Racism, Transphobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Gore
mothie_girlie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Grief, and Murder
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders and Physical abuse
Minor: Ableism