3.33 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

honestly, I just wish It was easier to get into and understand. the concept wasn’t bad, I was just very confused until like mid way through the book. and even then I was still confused as to what was happening at certain parts of the book. I liked the concept I just think It could’ve been done better.

shanmcg's review

5.0
dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

good flow and well paced; loved the concept and the twists!

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emotional mysterious medium-paced
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

This needed more development. The concept was promising, the characters were interesting, and the horror vibes were good but the plot meandered around in really confusing ways and I just kept getting so lost. A bombshell is dropped about 40% into the book and I thought it would bolster the murky beginning but it only clouds it more, head-hopping between Olivia and Sunflower in unnecessary and confusing ways. 

A bit disappointing but I'd be willing to try Piper's writing again.

cannibaldear's review

4.25
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

So this book just read weird. To the point that I was sure it would all end up being a dream (which I guess is somewhat right). It was too graphic to be ‘beginner horror’ and too vague to be anything but.
All in all, a somewhat predictable, stutteringly paced, body horror with a side of existentialism that I could not fully get behind.

This isn't what I expected, nor what I thought it would be. In the best way!
adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aibreanros's review

DID NOT FINISH: 48%

The voice actor was great, but I doing that I wasn't focusing on the story. I might have simply been too distracted by the house work I was doing at the same time. Next time I try this book, I'll read it.