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delphine_'s review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
It took me some time to get into it but once I was, I pulled an all-nighter to finish it. Once things started together it only made the mystery deeper and I wanted to know.
Things were slowly unveiled and reveal after reveal and detail after detail were not obvious (to me) or what I tentatively expected. It was a slow, delightfully tortuous pace of uncovering things. I’m tempted to give this a reread as the further you go the more a light is shown on other parts of the book.
Finally, the writing was really good but most of all the horror was really effectively written, for the most part. The descriptions struck home and worked to create incredibly spooky pictures and I actually felt uneasy reading through it, properly tense and scared, which seldom happens.
I’m rating it 3.75 which I still think is really good, partly because it didn’t when the descriptions were a little less good it was a bit hard to get back into it, and also because I think a little more time could have been spent on exploring some things. I might raise it later though.
VERY effective at conveying heartbreak and aches of needing to be loved and do right.
The author’s acknowledgments struck home, too. I will most likely be reading more of their work.
Things were slowly unveiled and reveal after reveal and detail after detail were not obvious (to me) or what I tentatively expected. It was a slow, delightfully tortuous pace of uncovering things. I’m tempted to give this a reread as the further you go the more a light is shown on other parts of the book.
Finally, the writing was really good but most of all the horror was really effectively written, for the most part. The descriptions struck home and worked to create incredibly spooky pictures and I actually felt uneasy reading through it, properly tense and scared, which seldom happens.
I’m rating it 3.75 which I still think is really good, partly because it didn’t when the descriptions were a little less good it was a bit hard to get back into it, and also because I think a little more time could have been spent on exploring some things. I might raise it later though.
VERY effective at conveying heartbreak and aches of needing to be loved and do right.
The author’s acknowledgments struck home, too. I will most likely be reading more of their work.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Terminal illness, Death, Torture, Murder, Blood, Gore, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Kidnapping
Moderate: Vomit and Physical abuse
maryellen's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Murder, Kidnapping, Torture, and Violence
annir's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Torture
Moderate: Cursing, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Terminal illness, and Vomit
Minor: Chronic illness, Abandonment, Cancer, and Child abuse
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