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A review by renlheffernan
Lucy Undying by Kiersten White
adventurous
dark
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
I honestly think that this book promised so much but did not exactly deliver.
Lucy is a very interesting character, and she is redeemed from the original novel with an exploration of her vampiric life through her journals and a therapy client transcript. We have three separate timelines for the majority of the book. While I enjoyed some aspects of switching timelines when things got a bit slow or hooking you to read with a cliffhanger, but I felt certain things were rushed just for the sake of it. If this were a duology or something, I feel like I would feel better about the pacing because the author could take her time with developing character relationships and maybe make it a bit more gothic horror and less corporation/cultic horror.
Lucy is a very interesting character, and she is redeemed from the original novel with an exploration of her vampiric life through her journals and a therapy client transcript. We have three separate timelines for the majority of the book. While I enjoyed some aspects of switching timelines when things got a bit slow or hooking you to read with a cliffhanger, but I felt certain things were rushed just for the sake of it. If this were a duology or something, I feel like I would feel better about the pacing because the author could take her time with developing character relationships and maybe make it a bit more gothic horror and less corporation/cultic horror.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Blood
Moderate: Confinement, Gore, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail