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readingintothevoid's review
2.25
While this was fast paced and had the essence of what I like about Lydia Kang’s other books—both of which allowed me to finish this—I would not recommend this.
There was a lot of problematic stuff that I wouldn’t want young folks to read and it just generally wasn’t written very well. A lot of stuff never made sense and while it tried to have several messages, none of them ever amounted to more than muddled ideas.
BUT this series was written many years before the other books by this author that I’ve read. Her writing gets much better and she pulls off the deep ideas that didn’t come together in this one. So do read her other books! I especially love The November Girl.
There was a lot of problematic stuff that I wouldn’t want young folks to read and it just generally wasn’t written very well. A lot of stuff never made sense and while it tried to have several messages, none of them ever amounted to more than muddled ideas.
BUT this series was written many years before the other books by this author that I’ve read. Her writing gets much better and she pulls off the deep ideas that didn’t come together in this one. So do read her other books! I especially love The November Girl.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Drug use
Minor: Sexual assault, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Rape, and Pedophilia
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