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bebidocrimes's review
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
A bit softer than I was expecting but such a delightful read! Medlock entrances with his environments, this greenhouse sounds like another world, so luscious and enticing. I feel like a few things tied up a bit too nicely and the looming consequences to their choices didn't feel like they held much weight. Salting the earth just being assumed to stop the spread and not seeing anything to contradict that felt like a missed opportunity, and the murders don't seem like they mattered to the community at large so the secret was easily kept. I wish we'd gotten to see a bit more of Chloe and Jennifer's relationships' early development, but the entanglement in the end was fascinating! Maybe I was looking for a more ambiguous/ominous ending, but overall it was so fun and I'm glad I grabbed it on release day! I never say I *want* a movie adaptation, but please give this to Guillermo del Toro.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Murder, Violence, Blood, Alcohol, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Hate crime, and Sexual content
Moderate: Gun violence, Medical content, and Body horror
Minor: Suicide and Animal death
amaranth_wytch's review
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Hate crime, Homophobia, Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Lesbophobia, and Violence
Minor: Sexual content, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Classism, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury
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