Reviews

Gorgeous Gruesome Faces by Linda Cheng

livinginsolitude's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

3.75

planetlaj's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

bebe4l's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

veejoonie's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt, Self harm, and Suicide

ashliesydel's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

frau_totenkinder's review against another edition

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

alanaschulte's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Murder, and Self harm

frankiereads93's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

2.75

thenextgenlibrarian's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

2.75

Yellowjackets meets She is a Haunting meets I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast is Me for this YA horror book by @lychengwrites 
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Sunny Lee is not the K-pop star she once was after a shocking scandal ended her career. When former groupmate and ex-best friend, Candie, attends a K-pop workshop, Sunny can’t help but enter the competition as well. Sunny isn’t there to chase stardom again. She wants to know why the third member of their trio jumped to her death, but when she gets there she’s distracted by sinister visions and castmates developing unexplainable injuries. Will Candie help Sunny or is she part of the problem?
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Fans of dark books will love this psychological tale. The jumps in timeline, the build up to the stunning climax, everything will keep those pages turning as you reach the end. The cover is stunning. Plus! It looks like there will be a sequel! 

CW: self-harm, suicide, blood and gore depiction, torture scenes

Timeline was all over the place, pacing was off and didn’t pick up until the end. Not sure where this can go as a series either.

bodybeingsoulstl's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5