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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
once you get past the dark academia character doing dark academia things, in a dark academia setting, in a dark academia manner, the story gets deeper and way more interesting than i thought it would. i'm still not sure how i feel about the ending, but god i love complex sapphic relationships.
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4.5/5 stars
god i LOVED this! a truly lovely combination of mystery, thriller, and lesbian romance that i so desperately have craved in a novel these days. this feels very much like a gay YA version of the secret history so far as the basic vibe. maybe it wasn't written like poetry, per se, but it's YA so i wasn't expecting much but Lee killed it by pulling some phenomenal one liners and having a brilliant structure for the story. i was worried i wouldn't enjoy this, and i am so so pleasantly surprised. definitely a lot of fun, and a perfect read for early fall, with some wicked twists.....
god i LOVED this! a truly lovely combination of mystery, thriller, and lesbian romance that i so desperately have craved in a novel these days. this feels very much like a gay YA version of the secret history so far as the basic vibe. maybe it wasn't written like poetry, per se, but it's YA so i wasn't expecting much but Lee killed it by pulling some phenomenal one liners and having a brilliant structure for the story. i was worried i wouldn't enjoy this, and i am so so pleasantly surprised. definitely a lot of fun, and a perfect read for early fall, with some wicked twists.....
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Conflicted on this one. Loved the creepy, witchy, dark academia aesthetic of it all, but the pacing kind of felt...all over the place? Not much happened for the first 3/4 of the book, and then when things got really exciting and tense and holy-hell-what's-going-to-happen, it just went by so super quickly. Also, Ellis absolutely RADIATED "Alexa's wretched ex-friend" vibes, probably because they're both smarter-than-thou gaslighters (Ellis would definitely be mean to me about my job as a librarian! Just saying!), and I liked that because of how real it made her feel to me. But also, dang, I really should have read this book BEFORE befriending that person. Live and learn.
This is like if a book was directly specifically created to appeal to me in all aspects so of course I loved it
“Maybe. I hadn't really thought about it. I suppose it depends on where I was, too. I wouldn't want to get burned at the stake as a witch.”
(...)
“I'd have smoldered at the stake right next to yours, no doubt.”
Spoiler
“Don't you ever wish you could go back? To some other time, when things were a little wilder. When the rules were a little less clear.”“Maybe. I hadn't really thought about it. I suppose it depends on where I was, too. I wouldn't want to get burned at the stake as a witch.”
(...)
“I'd have smoldered at the stake right next to yours, no doubt.”
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Thought the characters were a bit whiny.