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3.76 AVERAGE

dark tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

4.5 Stars
challenging dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

perhaps this book is actually good but i personally understood like 5% of it
challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

What did I just read?!?

This book is dark, dense, emotional, and so weird. Haunted house? Check. Cosmic horror? Yep. Time loops, trauma, demon deer? Also yes.


It almost felt like too much… but somehow, it all worked. Everything tied together in the end, and I was genuinely impressed by how Wendig pulled it off.


Not a fast or easy read, but definitely a memorable one.


dark mysterious sad tense medium-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

It was a strange story but entertaining. Nate, Maddie and Oliver were very likeable characters. Bizarre about the underworlds, time travelers, demon. 

Had a strong opening, and then it lost me after the halfway mark. I typically never 'not finish' a book, even if I don't like it. This just stopped being fun quickly.

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so much wasted time.
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elaeagnifolium's review

4.5
adventurous dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional funny tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Absolutely blown away! This was a horror novel that had everything, and delivered on every promise. Creepy, mind-bending, thought-provoking, well-written, full of fascinating characters and some things I love so much but can’t talk about because that would be a spoiler. Read this book!! Definitely a new favourite for me!