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misssleepless's review
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
bedsidestack's review
4.0
short stories are usually a hard sell for me. usually, a short story drops you in without any real kind of introduction and the endings always feel abrupt to me. scarecrows' beginning did feel very sudden, but the middle section and build up to the ending was so good. the ending didn't feel abrupt to me, which left me really surprised tbh.
the writing was stunning. it's definitely not for everyone, but it hit all the targets for me. also, this short story had something great going for it: it was in written in second person perspective. that's basically catnip for me. like seriously recommend me all the second person narrative stories, i eat them up like candy.
this also dealt with a lot of themes that i love to see being explored so a+
overall, i really enjoyed this and thanks to erika for recommending this because i'd have probably never heard about it otherwise.
the writing was stunning. it's definitely not for everyone, but it hit all the targets for me. also, this short story had something great going for it: it was in written in second person perspective. that's basically catnip for me. like seriously recommend me all the second person narrative stories, i eat them up like candy.
this also dealt with a lot of themes that i love to see being explored so a+
overall, i really enjoyed this and thanks to erika for recommending this because i'd have probably never heard about it otherwise.
hstone's review
5.0
Dark and evocative and damn if l won't read anything Alyssa Wong writes. Her prose is stunning, and her stories bite. This might be my favorite piece of fiction by her yet. Absolutely loved the second-person POV.
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