A review by natlren
Gothikana by RuNyx

dark fast-paced
  • Loveable characters? No

0.25

"Hi my name is Ebony Darkness Dementia Raven Way and I have long black hair with purple streaks and red tips and blue eyes like limpid tears and a lot of people say I look like Amy Lee (A/N: if u don't know who dat is, get the hell out of here). I'm not related to Gerard Way but I wish I was because he's a major fucking hottie."

^ Skip reading this dumpster fire of a book and read the literary masterpiece that is the My Immortal fanfic. To be completely honest, the mysterious author of that can (and SHOULD) take Runyx to court for copyright infringement.

Anyways, this was the worst book I've ever read in my life. The writing was horribly stilted, the characters were juvenile, and the plot was a flimsy attempt at complexity that came across as--you guessed it--horrible. 

The depiction of mental health, namely schizophrenia, in this book is absolutely abysmal and an insult to people who live with the condition. How this was picked up by a traditional publisher is beyond me. Where were the sensitivity readers? Where were the editors? 

And the ending? The ENDING? Good god. This truly was our Gothikana. 

If I never have to read the phrase "pebbled nipples" or the word "madness" ever again, it'll be too soon.  
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