Review by theboredbo - You Weren't Meant to Be Human

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You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White

5.0

dark tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

First off, huge thanks to Daphne press for sending me the e-arc of this, the whole reason I started writing reviews in the first place is because I wanted to read an arc of this specific book Im not even joking. I owe every single one of you my life, this was the greatest thing thats ever happened to me fr

Now that thats out of the way, what a banger book!! Andrew Joseph White never misses, as I was sure he wouldn’t! Read most of it in a single sitting, could not put it down at all.

First thing I wanna say is, heed the content warnings!!!! Whatever is said is there for a reason, I don’t usually pay much attention to CW bc Im not easily phased but this book, Jesus,,,, Amazing book, though I feel like its one of those reads where I’ll hesitate before recommending it to a friend because how do I explain I read this and Loved it haha

I was initially really drawn to the Hive (Im a Magnus Archives fan who would’ve thought Id look at a bunch of worms and go omg cool) and looked forward to some fucked up monster kind of horror but this book relied more on the general horror that is pregnancy and humans being shitty, and that was just as awful I had a great time. As a trans person who’s also deathly afraid of pregnancy bc it sounds scary as hell I felt everything (ok maybe not Everything I am a bit more mentally stable I think) Crane felt on such a personal level, it felt very real and raw.

The ending was just as horrific as I expected it to be, if not more, overall 10/10 book no notes, I am so excited for it to officially come out so I can buy it and own it forever!

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