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3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
tried to be too twisty towards the end :/ many such cases. very good though!
Very entertaining book, however I think the author needs to work on their writing style because sometimes it came off as being very disjointed. It was interesting to see how Clare’s perspective of the group changes as she starts to grow up more. I was a little confused at the end when Ava was revealing everything of what she actually had done to Clare. I would read more books by this author.
2nd half got me bored to death ....
Toxic female friendship is really my vibe but that went a bit too deep lol
Toxic female friendship is really my vibe but that went a bit too deep lol
I unabashedly loved this book. It's dark and quite intense at times, the characters are mostly unlikeable, and there's a whole element of unraveling throughout the book that I enjoyed immensely. Like things are just falling apart left and right and the MC, Clare, is getting progressively more unhinged as her past comes to light (I know that sounds like every recent thriller but I read a lot of them and didn't find it to be the same at all!).
*Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine/Bantam for the ARC!*
*Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine/Bantam for the ARC!*
I really enjoyed this. I went into it not really knowing what to expect, I’ll be honest and say the book peaked my interest 1) I love the cover & 2) it’s set in Edinburgh and I do love Scotland.
I enjoyed how the story was told and I think the pacing was great. It kept me on a constant edge because I didn’t know what was gonna happen next.
I enjoyed how the story was told and I think the pacing was great. It kept me on a constant edge because I didn’t know what was gonna happen next.
Will surely keep an eye out for anything else written by this author.
Perfectly disturbing, macabre, and questioning, has you reevaluating your morals multiple times
Disturbing and awfully intriguing. A great dark academia read.
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
the pacing was a bit too slow at the start for me so by the time we got into it i wasn’t as interested as i wanted to be but i loved the complexity of the characters
There was a lot I loved about this book - a dark and twisted plot, mysterious and quirky characters, an academia setting (sort of), and a sense of foreboding.
Overall, I really enjoyed it. But it took me a bit to get there. Some of the novel felt a little drawn out and often I felt like the author was telling me things more than showing them. For example, Tabitha was this charismatic, beautiful girl that everyone was instantly drawn to, however, I never actually felt drawn to her. Tabitha wasn't built enough as an individual to help me connect to her, rather, I just heard from Clare how wonderful Tabitha was.
I always love a good sense of foreboding and this novel definitely built the suspense. There were allusions to Clare's seedy past that were well placed and that storyline really held my interest.
The storyline with Perfect Pieces and the crew's business was also really fascinating and I could have used more of that. It was dark and unique and I was very intrigued.
Like Tabitha, not all of the characters were very well developed. I really never felt a connection to Clare and we never really got to know her, although some of that may have been intentional on the part of the author. The other individuals in Tabitha's crew were similarly one dimensional and all really only seemed to exist to support Tabitha.
This was a good read and an impressive debut. I'll definitely pick up another book by this author!
Thank you to Bantam and NetGalley for the copy.
Overall, I really enjoyed it. But it took me a bit to get there. Some of the novel felt a little drawn out and often I felt like the author was telling me things more than showing them. For example, Tabitha was this charismatic, beautiful girl that everyone was instantly drawn to, however, I never actually felt drawn to her. Tabitha wasn't built enough as an individual to help me connect to her, rather, I just heard from Clare how wonderful Tabitha was.
I always love a good sense of foreboding and this novel definitely built the suspense. There were allusions to Clare's seedy past that were well placed and that storyline really held my interest.
The storyline with Perfect Pieces and the crew's business was also really fascinating and I could have used more of that. It was dark and unique and I was very intrigued.
Like Tabitha, not all of the characters were very well developed. I really never felt a connection to Clare and we never really got to know her, although some of that may have been intentional on the part of the author. The other individuals in Tabitha's crew were similarly one dimensional and all really only seemed to exist to support Tabitha.
This was a good read and an impressive debut. I'll definitely pick up another book by this author!
Thank you to Bantam and NetGalley for the copy.