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jess_dm's review against another edition
4.0
Incredibly written but extremely tense and despairing. It will haunt you for days after finishing it.
thisgirl_writes's review against another edition
5.0
Such a haunting, beautifully written novel. I want to devour all of Carrie Tiffany's other work next!
kimswhims's review against another edition
3.0
This is probably too cleverly done for my little brain at the moment.
I really love Carrie Tiffany's other novels, especially her debut, so it's difficult to not give this one a higher rating but while it had it's moments the experimental clipped style didn't really appeal to me. Maybe I'm just not in the mood for something a bit different and need to go back to reading conversational types of narratives rather than stream of consciousness and picking out what is happening more by what is not said than what is hinted at on the page.
I'd encourage anyone to see for themselves though and see what they make of it.
I really love Carrie Tiffany's other novels, especially her debut, so it's difficult to not give this one a higher rating but while it had it's moments the experimental clipped style didn't really appeal to me. Maybe I'm just not in the mood for something a bit different and need to go back to reading conversational types of narratives rather than stream of consciousness and picking out what is happening more by what is not said than what is hinted at on the page.
I'd encourage anyone to see for themselves though and see what they make of it.
wafareads's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
astridandlouise's review against another edition
3.0
The writing was visceral, urgent and confronting. It almost felt as if it were so well written that the extent of the text went over my head and I perhaps didn't entirely grasp the concept of the structure. A marvelous piece of writing regardless of my struggle with it.
jouljet's review
dark
emotional
tense
slow-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? Yes
3.0
earlgreybooks's review against another edition
4.0
I don't really know what to say about this. There's something about the way Carrie Tiffany writes—it's beautiful but jarring and uncomfortable at the same time. Her endings as well—I never know if I'm satisfied with them or not.
charly2024's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Minor: Sexual violence
shastradeo's review
5.0
A book of measured ferocity; taut, sharp; it left me feeling cataclysmic, on the verge of wreckage, as if I lost some of my more delicate machinations along the way.