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A review by bananas0_0
The Grimrose Girls by Laura Pohl

medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

0.5

This book was 340 pages of nonexistent character development. The “twist” was so obvious that it almost made up for the fact that there was no build up to it. Every single problem was fixed on the last 50 pages including: all the evidence to solve the mystery being found by 2 people in different places at the same time, 2 romantic relationships, 1 platonic relationship, and 1 murder (the actual murder and the clean up.) The “evidence” was a single piece of hair of a normal color (ie. not purple or blue) and a photo of an unknown person wearing the same uniform as everyone else in the book. These two separately were enough for the main characters to surmise the killers identity and kill her. leaving readers to just assume this ended the curse, and we don’t even know if it was a curse or just her the whole time.
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