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Little Stranger

Leigh Rivers

3.61 AVERAGE

frayah1's review

3.0

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

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challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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singulartsity's review

1.0

This could have easily been a fic on whattpad. Not even ao3 cause the plot is there, just not executing as a good story. But if you're looking for mostly sex - less plot, then this is perfect for you.
challenging funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

i thought i had a strong stomach, but oh, how wrong i was. some of the scenes in this book genuinely made me nauseous. i found absolutely no pleasure in reading this appalling book.

olivia is a dumb character who bashed xander for being a piece of shit but somehow excused the same (and even worse) flaws in malachi. malachi is depraved and creepy as hell, i don’t understand and definitely am judging every person glorifying this kind of relationship, finding this abuse “hot” and saying they need a man like malachi.

and don’t even get me started on the most shocking and disturbing scenes - intercourse on their dad’s unconscious body (and then the dad somehow becoming their ally and supporting their relationship after this)? sticking a screwdriver up olivia’s butt? these two made me sick. not only are they extremely disgusting, but also so cringe that it’s honestly funny in the most deranged, uncomfortable way.

i would love to hear what motivated the author to create this parody of a book. was it an actual attempt at writing? or was it creates for pure shock value? i don’t know which is worse. i will never be the same after reading this monstrosity and it will haunt me in my nightmares.

chantejames's review

3.0

In the beginning of the book I thought "This is so fucked up" and the more I read the more that changed to "I'm so fucked up". I have to say I was very scared when I saw the name of chapter 1 but when I read chapter 2 and found out the age gap is only 1 year I felt so much relief. The author said part 1 wasn't as bad as part 2 but after I read part one I was like "HOW! HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY GET WORSE" then it did

Argh, if only 0 stars were possible on goodreads.
This is a no for me.
Like.
Who in their right mind would write something like that? The staircase scene???? The screwdriver? The spider?? NO.
dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Ummmmm the guy voicing this sort of freaks me out a little bit