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jharrod's review
3.0
pros: queer murder mystery thriller about writers, entertaining in a campy way, would absolutely attend this retreat if we replace the murder-y stuff with the game assassins
cons: the pacing is odd, the character arcs don’t make a ton of sense, and the queerness actually feels kinda forced? I wish it had picked a genre and stuck with it instead of trying to straddle three or so and not really nailing any of them.
cons: the pacing is odd, the character arcs don’t make a ton of sense, and the queerness actually feels kinda forced? I wish it had picked a genre and stuck with it instead of trying to straddle three or so and not really nailing any of them.
thehornyprofessor's review
4.0
4.5, that I could't bring myself to round up to 5. Half-a-star off because a lot of the interplay between characters read like queer-baiting and Wren was notably insufferable, though I quite liked the psychopathic Rosa's shrewd take on the dysfunction of the main characters. The interruptions of the book did nothing for me but they were brief enough to not bother me. Ultimately, an unnuanced but greatly entertaining and original love letter to complicated women.
elizabethmichelle's review
4.0
3.5, but I’m bumping it to a 4 because of how it made me think about writing. Added a little fuel to my creative fire.
tnt31's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
kyracoty's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25