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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This book is absolutely disgusting, sickening, horrifying. Predictable at times, heavy-handed foreshadowing? Yes, absolutely. The last time I felt this disturbed and horrified was as a child, when showing each other graphic images of accidents or autopsies were all the rage.
I do not shy away from body horror, and at most it usually makes me smirk: early Chuck Palahniuk (think Haunted), American Psycho, Victorian Psycho, splatterpunk: all too far removed from reality to feel credible, visceral. This story though? I believed every bit.
I do not shy away from body horror, and at most it usually makes me smirk: early Chuck Palahniuk (think Haunted), American Psycho, Victorian Psycho, splatterpunk: all too far removed from reality to feel credible, visceral. This story though? I believed every bit.
About 20 to 30% way through the book I had figured out the killer. Easy right because I grew up on Agatha Christie. But it's in the last 1% that I discovered I was completely wrong. Bus this book rose from two stars to four stars.
The topic and writing was too heavy for me to want to continue. It’s the first time I’ve read a psychological/horror/mystery Yk? I thought I’d like it bc I liked Girl, Interrupted, a lot, but I didn’t really enjoy this at all.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror
Moderate: Mental illness
dark
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Self harm, Murder
Moderate: Grief
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Murder