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cheshirevixen's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
fast-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
Like the last book, I read this when I was way too young, and I'm surprised I didn't have nightmares after reading the end.
Overview
Characters: 2.4/7
- Personal Enjoyment: 3/5
- Interesting: 3/5
- Consistent: 1/5
- Development: 1/5
- Flaws: 2/5
- Relationships: 1/5
- Conflict: 3/5
Setting: 1/3
- Personal Enjoyment: 3/5
- Interesting: 2/5
- Internal Consistency: 0/5
Plot: 2.8/5
- Personal Enjoyment: 2/5
- Setup: 3/5
- Payoff: 3/5
- Logical: 3/5
- Pacing: 3/5
Characters:
All my favourite characters from the last book are absent in this one which is disappointing. I like the introduction of Lilac and her daughter, but they are the only characters I really liked. A lot of the side characters were creepy or interesting but not all that deep. I think that Gabriel, while at the bottom of my list of favourite characters in this series, has an interesting journey in this book, and Rhine was okay too.
Setting:
The carnival setting in the beginning of this book was beautifully creepy. Unfortunately the problems in the last book's setting were blown wide open in this book and I still felt like it has a lot of problems.
Plot:
The plot of this book was vastly superior to the last in my opinion. The mystery was more mysterious and there was a journey that had a lot of emotional significance. The reveals at the end were ... interesting, one made a lot of sense, another didn't make sense scientifically, and the last was a little out there to be honest, but not unbelievable.
I felt like I liked this much more the first time I read it, but it wasn't too bad.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Terminal illness, and Torture
Moderate: Sexual assault and Violence
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