579 reviews for:

The Beauty

Aliya Whiteley

3.51 AVERAGE

dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious medium-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

I've been meaning to read this novella for a long time and it did not disappoint. Like wtf did I just read? 🤣 This is super shroomy and weird and all kinds of messed up, and I really enjoyed it 💁🏻‍♀️

what is gender, anyway?

this disturbed and fascinated me.
adventurous dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
dark mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-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

This book was… disturbing, creepy and weird but I still found myself wanting to finish it and it was well written. 
Definitely not for the faint of heart (or anyone under 18) but I do recommend it if you want a short creepy sci-fi about men, fungus and a very different world

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challenging emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

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jhen_squared's review

3.25
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I'm not entirely sure how I feel about the story. It's definitely interesting and even though I guessed a lot of the turn of events I was glad that Aliya went the way she did. Nate was a hard character for me to like but the things I don't like about him are all the qualities that make sense, I just wasn't a fan. He was too naive and delusional for my taste but I digress. Interesting read. 
adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective relaxing sad tense medium-paced

Environmental post-apocalyptic mycellium-infused horror. One of the strangest novellas I've ever read, but also one I couldn't put down. Not for the faint of heart, for real this time.