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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
This was WILD. I usually read every single Mindy McGinnis that comes across my desk as soon as it is released, but for some reason I held off on this one until now. As if I doubted that I would like Mindy McGinnis's absolutely batshit take on The Cask of Amontillado except with teenage girls?? Shame on me. This is so weird and so intense and I finished it over the course of an evening and grabbed the second book the very next day.
Anyway, content warnings for so much stuff. Emetophobia, blood, gore, animal cruelty, binge drinking, drug use. Etc.
Anyway, content warnings for so much stuff. Emetophobia, blood, gore, animal cruelty, binge drinking, drug use. Etc.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Mostly I’m just Shook
I think I will always remember this ending and book
Truly
I think I will always remember this ending and book
Truly
dark
mysterious
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:
Yes
3.5. It would be a 4 except the more the plot unfolded the less I cared about Tress and more about Felicity. I know it sucks to not know what happened to your parent's the night they went missing and Felicity was the only one there, but she was also a child! Who had trauma issues because of years of witnessing her own parents abuse. NOW, her losing Goldie would have killed me too, because I love my dog, and if she hadn't come to her house high with her friends to tag a sign then it wouldn't of happened. Hate her forever yes, but geez plotting a murder, planning on entombing her if she didn't' know, that can't be justified not to me.
A really great modern take on Edgar Allen Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado" (and also "The Masque of Red Death"???). I loved how the author kept true to the unreliable narrator factor of the original story while still managing to give a complete(ish) story to the audience. A really great mystery/suspense novel and I'm excited to read the next one!
YES: an insane retelling of a Poe classic, with fun Poe easter-eggs hidden throughout. An intense cliffhanger means teens will need the sequel immediately. Another McGinnis that pulls no punches, and just as compelling as Heroine.
I stumbled upon this book when browsing the Libby app for an audiobook, and I did not know it was going to be a two-parter. So when it abruptly ended, I was PISSED. But, then I read there was another, and I breathed a sigh of relief. It's important that you know this, dear potential reader, because this first book ends at a time when there is just so much going on, you simply have to keep going. I loved this story, and I enjoyed listening to it as an audiobook especially. You'd like this story if you love Edgar Allen Poe, murder mysteries, and terrible people doing terrible things.