A review by anatrnd
Empty Smiles by Katherine Arden

2.0

at first, i thought it's going to be my favorite book in the series, because i really liked the atmosphere of the carnival, and those clowns were really terrifying, but, unfortunately, it turned out to be the weakest one. the book is too short, and the ending is really one of the most disappointing i've ever read. everything resolved in three pages. and we didn't even get the proper ending! we didn't get answers to any questions, for example, the origin of the Smiling Man, why was he like that, neither. i don’t understand where Arden’s talent and imagination disappeared when she decided to end the story like this. literally hate those last few pages, ugh