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filipa_maia's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This book is Romeo & Juliet meets gothic. It's a classic novel so it has its flaws and clichés - women keep fainting for everything; other women immediately assume that they are dead... the usual.
In some parts is very confusing, a lot of characters with weird intentions and very melodramatic.
Overall, this book was not amazing but it was entertaining.
In some parts is very confusing, a lot of characters with weird intentions and very melodramatic.
Overall, this book was not amazing but it was entertaining.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infertility, Classism, Misogyny, Sexism, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, and Murder
rey_therese07's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
- 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
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny and Sexism
Moderate: Child death, Incest, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Sexual assault and Adult/minor relationship
silver_valkyrie_reads's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-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? No
4.0
I think this book's ratings suffer from the fact that it's categorized as 'horror'. Instead it reads like a Grimm fairy tale at the beginning, before transitioning into the complexities of a Gothic tale.
It does get a little over the top by the end, and I got a bit confused in all the revelations of who's really related to whom and who ends up married and not married in the end. That said, the whole thing is quite entertaining, and less confusing in general if you think of it in terms of fairy tale tropes, rather than expecting logical and reasonable events. (In a lot of ways this actually reminded me of the magical realism genre!)
It does get a little over the top by the end, and I got a bit confused in all the revelations of who's really related to whom and who ends up married and not married in the end. That said, the whole thing is quite entertaining, and less confusing in general if you think of it in terms of fairy tale tropes, rather than expecting logical and reasonable events. (In a lot of ways this actually reminded me of the magical realism genre!)
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
Minor: Adult/minor relationship
Themes of forced marriage.
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