A review by kindra_demi
Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong

adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

 You want to know what I hate? I go into this book KNOWING it is a Romeo and Juliet retelling (I literally started the series when I was in the mood only for Romeo and Juliet retellings), BUT I STILL HOPE THEY END UP ALIVE AND TOGETHER AT THE END… AND ESPCIALLY WITH HOW BEAUTIFUL CHLOE GONG’S WRITING IS. I didn’t write a review for These Violent Delights (which shame on me), but the way Chloe Gong writes this duology is one of my favorite parts of the book. It reads like a play where there are times you’ll have the perspectives of the certain characters and other times it’s a narrator point of view. And it’s not set up so that it’s one chapter in totality is one person’s pov, but it’s not confusing when the pov jumps around. 

 

The way the characters are written also makes it so easy to get sucked into the entire storyline. You love characters. You hate characters. You will hate that you still love characters. 

 

As mentioned earlier, I went into the series last year already wanting to read a Romeo and Juliet retelling. Then book one felt like it was good. It wasn’t my favorite, but it was definitely an above average book. Our Violent Ends will definitely be a favorite of mine though and I cannot wait to see where Chloe takes her writing skills from here!! 

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