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nashxra's review
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Colonisation, Racism, Antisemitism, and Ableism
Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Suicidal thoughts
garrettcz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I struggled with this book. I really liked the occult and mysticism elements. I really liked the history tie-ins and details. I liked some of the details about the film industry.
I really disliked the characters. It felt like the author was going out of her way to make them unlikable and really awful to each other.
I felt the story spent way too much time on really boring, mundane things and far too little time on the cool things like mysticism, occultism, and the horror elements. The story would sometimes dip into horror but the scenes felt way too fast so the atmosphere didn’t build up enough to where I really felt anything from them. I couldn’t get immersed in the spooky/horror scenes to really care and I didn’t care about the characters enough to really be engaged by the action scenes, so there never really felt like there was enough tension.
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I REALLY hated the romance ending thing. I saw it coming and was really hoping this wouldn’t happen. These characters felt like they really disliked each other and if romantic chemistry could be approximated with temperature theirs would be somewhere in the ballpark of absolute zero. Yuck.
3.5
Graphic: Sexism, Toxic friendship, Murder, Bullying, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Violence, Alcoholism, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Cancer, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicide attempt, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, and Terminal illness
curlydanreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Moderate: Racism, Suicide attempt, Cancer, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Xenophobia
katndrsn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Terminal illness, Addiction, Toxic friendship, Cancer, and Ableism
Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit
tamara_joy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Car accident, and Death
Moderate: Classism and Murder
Minor: Bullying, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Homophobia, Misogyny, Ableism, Medical content, Infidelity, and Cancer
chloesnotscared's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Moderate: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Car accident, and Grief
Minor: Biphobia, Drug use, Cancer, Death, Racism, and Violence
erandle's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Racism, Blood, Classism, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Cancer, Drug use, Chronic illness, Colonisation, Drug abuse, Violence, and Addiction
xennial_reader's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Car accident and Death
Moderate: Cancer
Minor: Sexual harassment and Misogyny
chelsearm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
WOW, this was a great read to start just as the weather turns. From page 1 I was in love with Montserrat, and fell into her world. Between her and Tristán, I loved that you never felt like they just “bought it” with no hesitations - a true friendship, one of them is always calling bullshit!
If you’re a fan of horror movies, old cinema, or are aware of Nazi Occultism, this is a great thriller to sink your teeth into.
Graphic: Cursing, Colonisation, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Car accident and Misogyny
Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Addiction, Drug abuse, and Grief
r_o_s_e's review
- 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
3.5
Graphic: Car accident, Colonisation, Classism, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism, Grief, Racism, Ableism, and Alcohol
Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, Medical trauma, and Medical content