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A review by menastarr
True Crime by Samantha Kolesnik
3.0
disturbing! the pacing was effective and kept me engaged. "true crime" has the atmosphere of "bones and all", but definitely a little heavier in content. please check trigger warnings before going in because there are ALLLLL kinds of upsetting topics present within the story. something i'm very sensitive to is violence surrounding animals, and that is something present at the opening, middle, and conclusion of the storyline.
i found the ending to be a little unsatisfying, as i felt like there was not any character development for suzy. some of her actions felt very unrealistic and unjustified, particularly in the very last chapter. don't get me wrong, i love a storyline where we see a character's psyche unravel and crumble, but with kolesnik's "true crime", i think it held the overall plot back.
i think it would've been interesting to have the backstory on suzy and lim's father a little more–i felt like that wasn't thoroughly addressed and would have built more character info for our two main characters.
trigger warnings:
- abuse
- child molestation
- incest
- death of family members
- SA and rape
- animal death
- animal cruelty/torture (pigs, dogs, cat)
- murder
i found the ending to be a little unsatisfying, as i felt like there was not any character development for suzy. some of her actions felt very unrealistic and unjustified, particularly in the very last chapter. don't get me wrong, i love a storyline where we see a character's psyche unravel and crumble, but with kolesnik's "true crime", i think it held the overall plot back.
i think it would've been interesting to have the backstory on suzy and lim's father a little more–i felt like that wasn't thoroughly addressed and would have built more character info for our two main characters.
trigger warnings:
- abuse
- child molestation
- incest
- death of family members
- SA and rape
- animal death
- animal cruelty/torture (pigs, dogs, cat)
- murder