A review by charliettea
Diavola by Jennifer Thorne

mysterious tense medium-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Diavola follows Anna and her insufferable family on a vacation in Italy. It quickly becomes apparent that the villa they are renting is not quite right. I enjoyed the mystery of this story and would have rated it five stars if not for two issues. I'll mention them here because they pertain to the content warnings I'm giving. Mild spoilers ahead. For real, it does not pertain to the mystery of the story. (Continue to my content warnings to read)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Sexual harassment

My issue #1 is that there is a cat who does not survive, and the description is pretty gruesome. My issue #2 is that there's a scene where the main character draws and shares an explicit sexual drawing of her coworkers at work, and people think she's a legend for getting back at those assholes. If reading sexual harassment get treated as some sort of awesome revenge would not be good for you, I highly encourage skipping the chapter "killer dress".