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leanne_miron's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Gaslighting, Child abuse, and Death of parent
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia
Minor: Child death and Murder
ezwolf's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
A friend recommended me the Wayward Children series to me probably almost a year ago and they sounded so interesting but I kept getting sidetracked. I saw this one on NetGalley noted that it could be read as a standalone so I requested it and I’m so glad I did!
I’ve read other works by McGuire and she has a really excellent way of writing that feels like it should be magical and fun but is actually suspenseful and horrifying. In a story like this Antsy would usually find a magical doorway and escape to a better place and then return triumphantly with evil defeated! These things do happen…but only in the vaguest way of the definitions of escaping and vanquishing evil. The loss of childhood that was always going to be stolen, just not the way it originally alluded to.
I loved Antsy’s character and the way she was such a perceptive child but not in an unbelievable way.
Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
I’ve read other works by McGuire and she has a really excellent way of writing that feels like it should be magical and fun but is actually suspenseful and horrifying. In a story like this Antsy would usually find a magical doorway and escape to a better place and then return triumphantly with evil defeated! These things do happen…but only in the vaguest way of the definitions of escaping and vanquishing evil. The loss of childhood that was always going to be stolen, just not the way it originally alluded to.
I loved Antsy’s character and the way she was such a perceptive child but not in an unbelievable way.
Thank you to NetGalley for making this available in exchange for an honest review!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief and Body horror
Moderate: Death, Pedophilia, Sexual harassment, and Child abuse
Minor: Physical abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Murder, and Pregnancy
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