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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
First off: thanks to NetGalley for the ARC, I literally don’t know what good thing I did for a higher power to deserve getting to read this book early, but thank you.
Jade Daniels, the final girl who just can’t seem to accept the fact that she’s a final girl. That line about how it’s not about the final girl, it’s about the final girls, making their way across the ice together? Unzipped me. Bam, there’s my intestines on the floor. You’re welcome.
I loved the way this pulled together threads from the first book, the way it juxtaposed Jade and Letha’s obsession with slashers with Armitage’s, because he’s in it for the cheap thrill and they’re in it as a blueprint for survival, and that point was made so poignantly.
I also absolutely loved the running gag about all of the horror films that Jade missed out on while she was in prison. She would absolutely adore “Ready or Not” — I hope she gets to see it some day.
Dark Mill South made for such a deliciously terrifying red herring and the recurring theme of girls taking their revenge however they could get it, equally delightful. It’s also interesting to see how other people on goodreads feel about the ending, about how the tone shifts, how it doesn’t feel quite as emphatic as the first, and all I can say is, guys? It’s Empire.
Finally, and once more: Jade and Letha. I love them, I love them so so much. I love what they are to each other, how they fight for each other. I’d read ten books about them alone.
Jade Daniels, the final girl who just can’t seem to accept the fact that she’s a final girl. That line about how it’s not about the final girl, it’s about the final girls, making their way across the ice together? Unzipped me. Bam, there’s my intestines on the floor. You’re welcome.
I loved the way this pulled together threads from the first book, the way it juxtaposed Jade and Letha’s obsession with slashers with Armitage’s, because he’s in it for the cheap thrill and they’re in it as a blueprint for survival, and that point was made so poignantly.
I also absolutely loved the running gag about all of the horror films that Jade missed out on while she was in prison. She would absolutely adore “Ready or Not” — I hope she gets to see it some day.
Dark Mill South made for such a deliciously terrifying red herring and the recurring theme of girls taking their revenge however they could get it, equally delightful. It’s also interesting to see how other people on goodreads feel about the ending, about how the tone shifts, how it doesn’t feel quite as emphatic as the first, and all I can say is, guys? It’s Empire.
Finally, and once more: Jade and Letha. I love them, I love them so so much. I love what they are to each other, how they fight for each other. I’d read ten books about them alone.
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Unfortunately this did not work the same way the first book in the series did for me. It needed tight editing, it needed revisions and it needed someone to tell SGJ to focus on the plot. Too many times during important moments did main characters go on pages and pages long tirades about nothing relevant to the plot, forcing readers to have less reactions to big loses and developments.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I enjoyed this more than the first book, it felt way more cohesive and had a pretty straight through line in the plot.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence
Moderate: Racism, Cultural appropriation