576 reviews for:

The Beauty

Aliya Whiteley

3.51 AVERAGE


hahahaha no thank u

-Wow. That was weird.

-I don’t even know what to unpack here. The mommy issues? The gender roles? The physiological changes? The oral tradition storytelling and the slightly weird writing style? Idk, I feel like I just read a fever dream.

-Dawn x The Last of Us x The Village:
If the Oankali from Octavia Butler’s Dawn were sentient mushrooms instead of aliens, and set in a weird mud-hut community that had M Night Shyamalan’s The Village vibes.

This must be the strangest thing I've ever read. I don't know how I feel about it, but it's definetely worth a read if you're into weird horror.

The writing was pretty good, but the ending felt too abrupt, and I wished we had more point of views than the one just from Nate. I would have loved to explore more of the mental evolution the men went through as the same time as the physical ones.

i'm so sorry. men are doin WHAT to mushrooms??????
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Gross! Eugh!

That was certainly something I read. It was interesting to say the least.
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

wut. I feel like I need someone to explain this one to me.

Well that was creepy and kind of horrible. Very nicely written though but more of a long short story than a novel.