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sarkenobi's review
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Blood, Forced institutionalization, Confinement, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Eating disorder, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, and Sexual content
Minor: Suicide attempt, Car accident, and Excrement
Occult, demonism, DID, found footagehowlinglibraries's review against another edition
3.0
This had some great horror elements, and I liked the writing for the most part (Kaitlyn did come off as extremely pretentious sometimes, but honestly, so did I at that age lol), but I have very mixed feelings about some parts of it. I'd say this was a 3.5 star read for me, but I have to round down to 3 because I found the big twist really predictable and the characters felt flat and one-dimensional for the most part.
All of that aside, I had fun reading this and I'm very excited to read Dawn's newer books! I have a strong feeling those will be more suited to me and I'm glad I picked this one up.
Buddy read with the wonderful Sam and Ashley! 🥰
✨ Representation: Kaitlyn/Carly has DID (inspired by the author's family member but I can't speak to the quality of the representation), implications of a queer main character
All of that aside, I had fun reading this and I'm very excited to read Dawn's newer books! I have a strong feeling those will be more suited to me and I'm glad I picked this one up.
Buddy read with the wonderful Sam and Ashley! 🥰
✨ Representation: Kaitlyn/Carly has DID (inspired by the author's family member but I can't speak to the quality of the representation), implications of a queer main character
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Drug use, Self harm, Ableism, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
itshrewsbury's review
dark
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Very teen-oriented even though it attempts to maneuver several heavy topics like DID/psychosis and demonic possession. I enjoyed the style it was written in, with the narrative structured as having all the pieces of evidence put together after the fact, in pieces of diary and snippets of camera footage. The descriptions of being “other” and the earlier delusion scenes were well written and I enjoyed the build up, but the end felt anti-climatic to me, tbh.
I guessed the twist ending though, so take it with a grain of salt.
(There’s a weird moment towards the end where, during a video description, which the entire book has been narrated as objective 3rd person, says “I fucking hate crying”. It’s the first time a first person statement was used in an objective transcript like that and it really threw me off, looked for hidden meaning but couldn’t find one so 🤷🏼‍♀️)
Edit: thought on it a bit more and this book attempts to do so many things with the plot, and on the whole it drags down the narrative. There’s a magic system that seems to be trying to take root, but it’s mostly poorly explained and confusing.
13+
TW/CW: murder, self harm, psychosis, unreality, institutionalization, possession, mention of assault, blood
I guessed the twist ending though, so take it with a grain of salt.
(There’s a weird moment towards the end where, during a video description, which the entire book has been narrated as objective 3rd person, says “I fucking hate crying”. It’s the first time a first person statement was used in an objective transcript like that and it really threw me off, looked for hidden meaning but couldn’t find one so 🤷🏼‍♀️)
Edit: thought on it a bit more and this book attempts to do so many things with the plot, and on the whole it drags down the narrative. There’s a magic system that seems to be trying to take root, but it’s mostly poorly explained and confusing.
13+
TW/CW: murder, self harm, psychosis, unreality, institutionalization, possession, mention of assault, blood
Content Warnings
Graphic: Forced institutionalization and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Violence, Self harm, and Murder
alexlagon's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Violence, and Murder
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