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mentalvoid's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
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
3.75
rogerslh28's review against another edition
5.0
OH MY GOD
*breath* I am freaking obsessed with this book now. It cannot be understated. I feel like I’m understating it.
First horror book I’ve ever read and I was sufficiently horrifed, and so much more. This book sent me on a whirlwind if emotions that had me in tears more than once. I cannot wait to finish the sequel because believe me when I say there was only a minute of time between shelving Salt and Sorrows and opening Roots and Ruin. Of course, it would have been shorter if I didn’t have to pick my mess of a self off the floor and refresh my emotion drained eyes.
*breath* I am freaking obsessed with this book now. It cannot be understated. I feel like I’m understating it.
First horror book I’ve ever read and I was sufficiently horrifed, and so much more. This book sent me on a whirlwind if emotions that had me in tears more than once. I cannot wait to finish the sequel because believe me when I say there was only a minute of time between shelving Salt and Sorrows and opening Roots and Ruin. Of course, it would have been shorter if I didn’t have to pick my mess of a self off the floor and refresh my emotion drained eyes.
richieevic's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.25
lyakimov's review against another edition
3.0
From the top reviews on this book, I was expecting it to be super scary. A lot of reviewers said it would give people nightmares. It was slightly creepy but not nightmare-inducing. The story was very interesting and the book was written extremely well. Unfortunately, as always, the romance ruins it.
The romance felt so unnecessary to the plot and took away from a lot of the important things going on in the story. It is always fine to add in a romance but it needs to be balanced with the plot and cannot take away from it. The relationship just felt random and forced, and they spent way too little time together to ever be in love. I wish that the book focused less on the romance and more on the actual story because it was interesting, it just was slow-paced and then felt rushed at the end because it had to compound all the details required for the climax of the book to make sense. I am still kind of interested in this series, so maybe I will give the second book a chance.
The romance felt so unnecessary to the plot and took away from a lot of the important things going on in the story. It is always fine to add in a romance but it needs to be balanced with the plot and cannot take away from it. The relationship just felt random and forced, and they spent way too little time together to ever be in love. I wish that the book focused less on the romance and more on the actual story because it was interesting, it just was slow-paced and then felt rushed at the end because it had to compound all the details required for the climax of the book to make sense. I am still kind of interested in this series, so maybe I will give the second book a chance.
hollynicole04's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Animal death, Child death, Body horror, Medical trauma, Blood, and Gore
Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Alcohol, Death of parent, and Violence