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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Just like all good slashers, has an absolutely shit ending for no reason.
Which is to say, I was SO ready to give this a crisp 5 stars. Jade is so loveable, the plot was interesting, the reveal thatTheo Mondragon was the killer! It was brilliant. And then Theo wasn't the killer, the supernatural girl in the lake was -- which feels cheap as the whole book had been fairly rooted in reality and the lake witch completely took me out of it. Though, I think Theo still was??? He definitely killed those construction workers. The final act being just a long stint of chaotic violence?? I'm as much of a slasher fan as Jade is, I love slashers, I love gore. But it felt pointless and rushed. Also why was the teacher brought back just to be killed 30 seconds later? And don't tell me it's a reference to slashers because i know it is, I've seen them all, I also hate it when it happens in slashers. The writing became sloppy and confusing in a way where I was convinced that Jade was going to wake up back under that pile of elk (about where it started getting stupid imo) and it had all just been a oxygen deprived hallucination, which I think I would have preferred to what we got.
Which is to say, I was SO ready to give this a crisp 5 stars. Jade is so loveable, the plot was interesting, the reveal that
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
DNF'ed at page 93.
I wouldn't have a single thing to say if this book was billed as a YA novel. It could've been a perfectly serviceable YA novel! But no, they had to pretend this was written for adults, and now I'm mad.
The first chapter piqued my curiosity, but our main character killed the cat. Jade our main character, is identical to the protagonist of an Avenged Sevenfold fanfiction I read when I was 14, down to the cheesy mean-dad intro and the regular updates on her hair color. Her dialogue is unnatural, her inner thoughts inane, and the constant references to slasher movies are painfully shoe-horned.
I wouldn't have a single thing to say if this book was billed as a YA novel. It could've been a perfectly serviceable YA novel! But no, they had to pretend this was written for adults, and now I'm mad.
The first chapter piqued my curiosity, but our main character killed the cat. Jade our main character, is identical to the protagonist of an Avenged Sevenfold fanfiction I read when I was 14, down to the cheesy mean-dad intro and the regular updates on her hair color. Her dialogue is unnatural, her inner thoughts inane, and the constant references to slasher movies are painfully shoe-horned.