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My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna van Veen

3.94 AVERAGE

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nereavpv's review

5.0
dark mysterious tense fast-paced
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madison_quinn9's review

3.75
challenging dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
I liked this book. The atmosphere was gloomy, which made it easy to slip in to. However, the ending felt very anticlimactic for how mysterious everything was leading up to it. 
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molly_noa's review against another edition

3.0
This was just ok for me. I really liked the first half but I found the characters pretty annoying and the way the plot went was just not for me. 
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necrocanyon's review

5.0
dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
The story of Roos has bound itself to me and part of it will be with me for the rest of my days. It's equal parts heartwrenching, hopeful, and beautifully dreadful.  
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esuschik's review

5.0
dark emotional sad 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

alisnwndrlnd's review

2.5
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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omg_pear's review

5.0
dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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: Yes
This was such an unexpected 5 star. I really enjoyed the interview transcripts among the regular narrative. I think it gave a lot of nuance to the story, and it made me sit there and wonder how much of this is reality and how much of it is delusion. This is a Gothic ghost story with a love story embedded into it. The characters were so dynamic, and reading this left me with a melancholy feeling. Would highly recommend this. 
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claralearnstoread's review

4.0
dark mysterious sad tense medium-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: No

saltybabereads's review

4.0
dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

kmparsons's review against another edition

3.75
dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes