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3.59 AVERAGE
3.59 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
tense
I was entertained
I love dark books
I love dark books
4,75/5⭐️ this book is just so????? you ever loved a book but also hated it at the same time? like it was so good…so good…but also like???? what the fuck; some moments made me want to scream and punch a wall…that’s a good it was. it was such a good book y’all idk what to even say like? i knew ellis was kinda weird because like you can’t tel anymore in their right minds would have wanted to CREATED the murders…and you can’t tell me that her being so into proving felicity wrong was just ? for the reason she said. like??:!’dls IM INSANE . i loved the unreliability of the narrator by the way…the way she always went back and forth with whether she did or didn’t, whether she could or couldn’t trust something; the way we never really knew what actually happened (until we did) like…god this book made me feel so many emotions and the last 50pages were a fucking ride…i absolutely adored it.
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
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:
Complicated
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated
I wrote a much more detailed review for this but goodreads crashed and deleted it all before I posted and now I’m heartbroken. Here’s the short version:
This book has an identity problem. It wants to be an atmospheric dark academia work while *also* being plot driven but *also* wants to be something of a character study. In trying to do so much, it excelled at nothing.
It’s fine. It’s ticks enough of my particular literary boxes for it to have been an entertaining read once, but it’s not something I’d come back to again, as I usually do with dark academia.
This book has an identity problem. It wants to be an atmospheric dark academia work while *also* being plot driven but *also* wants to be something of a character study. In trying to do so much, it excelled at nothing.
It’s fine. It’s ticks enough of my particular literary boxes for it to have been an entertaining read once, but it’s not something I’d come back to again, as I usually do with dark academia.
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
“The question isn't whether magic is real. It's whether I can touch it without being consumed by it.”
You are drawn into this book wondering just how fucked up the main character, Felicity, is. Is there magic in the world or is she psychotic? Not even she can tell. Then there comes Ellis, who, as a method writer, has some weird ways of plotting out her stories, especially when it comes to a book about murder.
Honestly a lot of this story was a bit dull to me. I was left wondering the whole time what was in Felicity’s head and what wasn’t, which was interesting, but until the end of the book I was just waiting to get to the conclusion. The end really picked up for me though and I did enjoy that.
You are drawn into this book wondering just how fucked up the main character, Felicity, is. Is there magic in the world or is she psychotic? Not even she can tell. Then there comes Ellis, who, as a method writer, has some weird ways of plotting out her stories, especially when it comes to a book about murder.
Honestly a lot of this story was a bit dull to me. I was left wondering the whole time what was in Felicity’s head and what wasn’t, which was interesting, but until the end of the book I was just waiting to get to the conclusion. The end really picked up for me though and I did enjoy that.