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mwhite9023's review
5.0
I dedicated my reading list for March entirely to female authors in recognition of Women's History Month and Brooklynn Dean was a natural choice from my ever growing TBR pile.
Her lyrical prose and deep dive into the human psyche, in the form of both Bexley and the Amethyst Alien, drew me into the world she crafted, driving a desire to know what happened on the next page...and the next....and the next.
Being seen for who we are, who we really are regardless of the face we show the world, is simultaneously our biggest desire and our biggest fear. If you had the opportunity to see and be seen, wouldn't you take it? Bexley did and you can live vicariously through her by picking up a copy of Amethyst!
Her lyrical prose and deep dive into the human psyche, in the form of both Bexley and the Amethyst Alien, drew me into the world she crafted, driving a desire to know what happened on the next page...and the next....and the next.
Being seen for who we are, who we really are regardless of the face we show the world, is simultaneously our biggest desire and our biggest fear. If you had the opportunity to see and be seen, wouldn't you take it? Bexley did and you can live vicariously through her by picking up a copy of Amethyst!
amaranth_wytch's review
dark
tense
slow-paced
1.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Alcohol, Confinement, Kidnapping, and Stalking
jferrell526's review
5.0
Compelling masterpiece. Brooklyn Dean has a way of getting into the mind of her characters. In Amethyst, she has written a diary-like story of manic obsession. You find yourself drawn into the need of Bexley to have Reed. The obsession to control how he is seen in her world. I found this a very good book. And a compelling read in that it led me to take a closer look at what I might find myself obsessing about, just a little.
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