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dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
I really didn't like the style this was written in, large parts of it read like a screen play (because it's supposed to be a TV show i guess). Characters actions are almost stage directions. This makes reading disjointed and pulled me out of the story a lot. I read this in one day because I was on a plane, otherwise I likely would have DNF'd. The mystery isn't even enough to have kept me reading under any other circumstances. The last two chapters are completely unnecessary and the conclusion isn't satisfying. I probably wouldnt have classed this as horror even. Not a completely terrible book but not redeemable for me.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Excrement, Violence, Death, Torture, and Confinement
Minor: Suicide
Descriptions of psychological torture. Milgram experiment-esque.
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