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A review by mdahg
The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne
dark
tense
fast-paced
- 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
4.0
Thank you to NetGalley for the eARC!
Tatiana Schlote-Bonne has such a fun, fast-paced writing style that really lent itself to this bloody, creepy feminist horror story!
Sabrina experiences an unimaginable tragedy as a pre-teen that completely changes her life. When she gets older, she is still working through her PTSD but feels like, for the most part, she can have a somewhat normal life. That is, when she’s in reality and not The Other Place. Her and her boyfriend go on a camping trip with another couple and all hell breaks loose and brings back all the old trauma from her childhood.
I appreciated the evolution of Sabrina. We see her as a nerdy pre-teen who is gaining her confidence and self worth as her “friends” (bullies) show their true colors to her. As an adult, she’s become physically strong through weight lifting and mentally strong through therapy. She does gaslight herself about her toxic boyfriend a lot, but by the end of the book, she makes huge strides in that realm as well.
This book has great body horror, nature horror, a creepy cult, and is perfect for summer. It’s fast-paced, gory, legitimately creepy, and has fun early 2006s references that pre-teen girls in that era will relate too!
Tatiana Schlote-Bonne has such a fun, fast-paced writing style that really lent itself to this bloody, creepy feminist horror story!
Sabrina experiences an unimaginable tragedy as a pre-teen that completely changes her life. When she gets older, she is still working through her PTSD but feels like, for the most part, she can have a somewhat normal life. That is, when she’s in reality and not The Other Place. Her and her boyfriend go on a camping trip with another couple and all hell breaks loose and brings back all the old trauma from her childhood.
I appreciated the evolution of Sabrina. We see her as a nerdy pre-teen who is gaining her confidence and self worth as her “friends” (bullies) show their true colors to her. As an adult, she’s become physically strong through weight lifting and mentally strong through therapy. She does gaslight herself about her toxic boyfriend a lot, but by the end of the book, she makes huge strides in that realm as well.
This book has great body horror, nature horror, a creepy cult, and is perfect for summer. It’s fast-paced, gory, legitimately creepy, and has fun early 2006s references that pre-teen girls in that era will relate too!