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Little Eve

Catriona Ward

3.8 AVERAGE

crowyhead's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

Content Warnings

blackcats_and_coffeecups's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

katiegilley's review against another edition

4.0

I received an advanced copy of Little Eve from Netgalley and was excited because I’ve heard great things about Catriona Ward. This book was deliciously dark and gothic, a perfect Scottish setting for the coming fall days. It was a tale about a secluded “family” living in a rundown castle on an island with strange rituals and preparing for the end of days. In the opening pages, a villager delivering food to the castle discovers their bodies, all missing an eye. Everyone in the family is dead except for Dinah, who is barely alive. From there, Dinah tells us the story about life on the island and with Uncle, the leader of their cult. She unravels the mystery of that fateful day and we learn the truth about their lives and their deaths.

The writing was haunting and gripping and the story was disturbing, so this won’t be for more sensitive readers. I found it perfectly creepy and it only crossed my personal lines in the tiniest of ways, which made the story that much more enthralling. Little Eve will be published on October 11, 2022 and is available to be pre-ordered. Did I say this is the perfect October read for those of us who enjoy the scarier side of things? Because it is. And I’m planning to read more by this author as the season shifts because I have a feeling I’m going to love all of her work.

bobaa_frog's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Snake cult, religious trauma, and murder!

beja87's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious slow-paced

ngallion's review against another edition

5.0

Man. This is a great, compact, “are you paying attention?” type book. I finished it over the course of two days and constantly found that this book was laying out both breadcrumbs and red herrings to follow. It’s maybe a tad slow for some, but if you love a character-driven slow burn, this will very much be for you. Don’t expect straight-up horror from this no matter what tags it may be given and DO expect a twisty gothic story about family, cults, and survival. I almost knocked a star off because I hated one or two last-minute things that the characters went through, but I ultimately decided they were true to the story & characters even if I wished something else had happened. Great stuff all around.

madipf's review against another edition

3.0

Great start to this one, it really encapsulated girlhood/childhood and trying to interpret the reality of being raised in a cult. Their youth made me want to believe the magic was real and even the twist felt like a childlike trick that any adult paying attention would have caught onto. The audiobook narrator was oddly quiet and hard to understand so unfortunately I think I missed some major moments here and there.