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tigerkind's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Started off a bit weak, picked up pace in the middle and crashed and dragged somewhere before the end. A good read, but a tad convoluted for my taste.
The MC seems to be a self insert for the author – I don’t see any other reason why everyone (including himself) keeps going on about how handsome he is.
A big part of the narrative depends on the use of gender-neutral pronouns and assumptions about gender roles.As soon as Harriet refers to her partner by „they“, things were pretty clear and all the puzzle pieces fell into place as the narrative went on.
It’s a bit silly to expect the reader to be led astray by gendered assumptions in a book where all the leading figures are women.
(Ben is the MC but to call him leading would be a stretch)
The MC seems to be a self insert for the author – I don’t see any other reason why everyone (including himself) keeps going on about how handsome he is.
A big part of the narrative depends on the use of gender-neutral pronouns and assumptions about gender roles.
It’s a bit silly to expect the reader to be led astray by gendered assumptions in a book where all the leading figures are women.
(Ben is the MC but to call him leading would be a stretch)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic friendship, Emotional abuse, Gore, Violence, Animal death, Medical content, Body horror, Gaslighting, Murder, Suicide, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Alcohol, Infidelity, Alcoholism, Drug use, and Torture
Minor: Bullying, Classism, and Misogyny
heathenbun's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Anna O is about a sleep disorder specialist who has been tasked with waking up a murderer who has been asleep for four years.
This novel has an interesting idea, but the execution was lacking. I felt like there was too much going on and not enough at the same time. Things would just happen and I would have to go back and reread parts just to see if it was explained but NOPE things just jumped around in this book and all the sudden something would be happening without any explanation. It was also hard to tell what was going on with Ben and his POV. He seemed to just speak things into existence. It just felt like a lot of information was missing or not explained.
Sadly, the twist was pretty predictable and towards the end, it seemed to just repeat what Ben was feeling constantly. He had the same thought constantly. I found this to be quite hard to get through and I was left feeling like there was a lot missing from the book in some way or another.
TLDR, an interesting premise with sadly lackluster execution.
This novel has an interesting idea, but the execution was lacking. I felt like there was too much going on and not enough at the same time. Things would just happen and I would have to go back and reread parts just to see if it was explained but NOPE things just jumped around in this book and all the sudden something would be happening without any explanation. It was also hard to tell what was going on with Ben and his POV. He seemed to just speak things into existence. It just felt like a lot of information was missing or not explained.
Sadly, the twist was pretty predictable and towards the end, it seemed to just repeat what Ben was feeling constantly. He had the same thought constantly. I found this to be quite hard to get through and I was left feeling like there was a lot missing from the book in some way or another.
TLDR, an interesting premise with sadly lackluster execution.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Gaslighting
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