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clarke's review
4.5
A combination of horror and rock, murder and Shakespeare. I was bound to love this. I desperately wanted to be friends with the group, and I'm equally as in love with Joan Jett (and share Maud's love of the runaways movie and trivia). They sound so cool, and we could probably share a wardrobe (and some bleach). Duff and Quincy, especially, I wish you were real. I was so frustrated and angry with Larry and Mac. A toxic relationship intertwined with Macbeth was a feast to read, but God I wanted to intervene! The Hecs as the three witches was a nice nod, and it wasn't too heavy handed with the metaphors. I do wish it was a bit more queer - there was a lot of LGBT representation in the characters but it was more stating facts than shown for the most part (and maybe I wish my two faves got together yknow).
I loved all the rock music included. Quotes, icons, inspiration, and just a general love of music. The passion and love for it came through, and it didn't feel like just name dropping. (I would like confirmation on if the character names were inspired by rock music, but I have an inkling they were).
I think I would've liked more horror. A certain characters descent into Shakespearean madness went from 0-60 very quickly, and I would've liked more haunting, paranormal shit, and general horror.
I think this does need another proof read, I noticed a couple things like missing speech marks, or a random bracket with no pair, etc. it wasn't a massive issue, but it made me stop and reread to make sure I was reading it right.
Overall, I really enjoyed this. Thank you to netgalley for the arc.
I loved all the rock music included. Quotes, icons, inspiration, and just a general love of music. The passion and love for it came through, and it didn't feel like just name dropping. (I would like confirmation on if the character names were inspired by rock music, but I have an inkling they were).
I think I would've liked more horror. A certain characters descent into Shakespearean madness went from 0-60 very quickly, and I would've liked more haunting, paranormal shit, and general horror.
I think this does need another proof read, I noticed a couple things like missing speech marks, or a random bracket with no pair, etc. it wasn't a massive issue, but it made me stop and reread to make sure I was reading it right.
Overall, I really enjoyed this. Thank you to netgalley for the arc.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Toxic relationship, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Murder, Grief, Drug use, Body shaming, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Domestic abuse, Toxic friendship, Sexual content, Fatphobia, Blood, Abortion, Panic attacks/disorders, and Death
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