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coco78337's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book was such an easy and amazing read. I would genuinely recommend this book to anyone who is in a transitionary period of their life or just feels stuck. I loved the platonic love is this book, it really made me want to hang out with my girl friends and move to a small quaint town. This book gets 5 stars with flying colors.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Vomit, Gore, Alcoholism, Body horror, and Alcohol
caitevans7's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
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? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, and Panic attacks/disorders
aus10england's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Alcoholism and Bullying
cavernism's review against another edition
dark
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
This book made me realize writing style is a big sticking point for me. The writing in this was simplistic in an annoying way ("___", I say. "______," she said, for all dialogue). I also found this messaging to be very white girl feminist and pretty didactic. I love a story where a character finds agency and self-worth, but not when the authors bangs your head with a brick to show off The Point. In general, the concept of "show, don't tell" doesn't come up much in this writing.
There were parts I enjoyed (Ralph! His little hat! Be still my heart!), there were character moments that really worked for me, and the cozy setting of a small New England town was appealing.
There were parts I enjoyed (Ralph! His little hat! Be still my heart!), there were character moments that really worked for me, and the cozy setting of a small New England town was appealing.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Alcoholism, and Blood
midsummernoodle's review against another edition
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming and Sexism
kickitupanotch7's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
It starts off with more exposition than I'd like and feels rather like a hallmark channel movie, but I'm glad I stuck it out.bitterseason's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Grief, Body shaming, and Body horror
Minor: Animal death, Misogyny, Murder, Vomit, Bullying, Sexism, Cursing, Infidelity, Blood, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
blewballoon's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
As I was reading this book, I thought I would describe it as "unhinged." It starts out sane enough with a main character who feels like a person. A person who is in a bad place emotionally, but still a person you can relate to. As she is thrust into more bizarre situations and interactions, it is harder to understand why she does what she does. In some instances she's obtusely passive and ignores what should not be ignored. In others she's overly confrontational and aggressive. I started to lose my sympathy and understanding of her and any of the other characters and never really got it back. The side characters and Sophie never feel completely fleshed out. Sophie is so performative and mysterious you never get closure on what she's really like underneath it all. I did like the ending, and I flew through the book, it was easy to read and kept me engaged even if a lot of the time I was just asking myself "wtf?"
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol
Moderate: Body horror and Bullying
Minor: Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Toxic relationship
hello_lovely13's review against another edition
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Alcoholism, and Alcohol
Moderate: Blood, Bullying, Toxic friendship, and Sexism
Minor: Body shaming, Death of parent, and Body horror
If you have arachnophobia, do not read this.queergoth_reads's review against another edition
dark
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
I received this as an eARC from NetGalley but all thoughts are my owns.
This is such a cozy little horror novel. It doesn't lean into the horror as much as I think it could have but it was a really great read. It's definitely the book is give people if someone asked about my taste in literature.
Also as someone who is afraid of spiders, this book did a great job at endearing them to me which is quite a feat.
<Spoiler> I do feel that maybe Sophie was forcing her world view on Annie a bit much but then I think most of the conflict in the book wouldn't have happened so probably necessary in this case. </Spoiler>
I do feel like Annie's dependency on alcohol probably could have done with a bit more serious discussion.
Overall great read though. Very much enjoyed it.
This is such a cozy little horror novel. It doesn't lean into the horror as much as I think it could have but it was a really great read. It's definitely the book is give people if someone asked about my taste in literature.
Also as someone who is afraid of spiders, this book did a great job at endearing them to me which is quite a feat.
<Spoiler> I do feel that maybe Sophie was forcing her world view on Annie a bit much but then I think most of the conflict in the book wouldn't have happened so probably necessary in this case. </Spoiler>
I do feel like Annie's dependency on alcohol probably could have done with a bit more serious discussion.
Overall great read though. Very much enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Alcohol, and Alcoholism
Moderate: Grief and Toxic relationship
Minor: Death of parent and Eating disorder