1.68k reviews for:

Goddess of Filth

V. Castro

3.71 AVERAGE

kacav01's review

2.5

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I really wanted to like this more than I did. There are some really cool ideas here and the premise really checks all of my boxes, but the pacing is super wonky, the characters are so underdeveloped that it’s hard to remember most of their names, and it suffers from one of the worst cases of ‘author needing to learn how to show not tell’ that I’ve ever come across. I can usually get behind horror with heavy handed messaging, but I’ve just never read a horror/thriller book devoid of a single moment that felt suspenseful or tense or scary.  Stars for good plot but bad execution. 

jayneplant's review

4.0

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

mateika83's review

4.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

verycherry's review against another edition

4.0

fast-paced

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

janus's review against another edition

4.0

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

claudiareadsitall's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious

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I am always in awe of writers who can create an entire world within the pages of a novella. And I absolutely love the epic horror in V. Castro's work.

This one was excellent, reminiscent of The Craft but with gorgeous and terrifying Mexican lore and sadly familiar, extreme religious views.

sarahehsan's review

DID NOT FINISH: 20%

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first 30 pages gave clunky writing style and poor editing. i hate being That Person but precede and proceed are different words and an editor should’ve caught that!

sezillee's review

DID NOT FINISH: 61%

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Will revisit, lost track of plot (my problem with attention not the book’s). I want to find a day to read it in one sitting since it’s a novella.

avalin1's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

jmac11's review against another edition

3.5

dark funny medium-paced

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Feminine rage meets possession of an entity.