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joshalynne 's review for:
These Violent Delights
by Micah Nemerever
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
⭐️’s because the characters, dialogue, and descriptions really grabbed my attention & kept my attention. Plot? Unsure. Ending? No fucking clue.
There were times where I knew what was going on (especially at the beginning), and then there came a point where I no longer understood what was going on because the author talked more and more with metaphors and a lot of nuance. I’m actually genuinely not sure what’s real and what isn’t. Maybe that’s what the author wanted all along but I didn’t like it.
I didn’t really enjoy either of the characters. They were both pretty messed up, but I knew they needed each other in a very toxic way.
We jump from “I don’t want to talk to you.” to “That Brady guy in class? Let’s get him.” and then they’re planning a murder together. As simple as that. A mutual understanding. What? How? How was the assumption even established? There wasn’t even a conversation about it. I think Paul hit Julian really bad once (I really don’t know. Again, everything is very nuanced like we’re living in a daydream) and then they’re agreeing to kill someone so Julian doesn’t get hit again. Paul’s dad is dead by the way. I’m not sure how it matters.
The prologue is useless. I still don’t know if they actually hurt anyone. There’s two pages where I think they catch someone but then it says “they run” so I’m like okay? They were going to kill someone and they got away. Or maybe they didn’t because later Paul is taken it for questioning and they found a baseball bat. I didn’t know we were going to use a baseball bat and a sedative. The author didn’t tell us.
I read the whole damn book and I have to read a summary somewhere or someone else’s review because I feel like I don’t know wtf even happened.
There were times where I knew what was going on (especially at the beginning), and then there came a point where I no longer understood what was going on because the author talked more and more with metaphors and a lot of nuance. I’m actually genuinely not sure what’s real and what isn’t. Maybe that’s what the author wanted all along but I didn’t like it.
I didn’t really enjoy either of the characters. They were both pretty messed up, but I knew they needed each other in a very toxic way.
We jump from “I don’t want to talk to you.” to “That Brady guy in class? Let’s get him.” and then they’re planning a murder together. As simple as that. A mutual understanding. What? How? How was the assumption even established? There wasn’t even a conversation about it. I think Paul hit Julian really bad once (I really don’t know. Again, everything is very nuanced like we’re living in a daydream) and then they’re agreeing to kill someone so Julian doesn’t get hit again. Paul’s dad is dead by the way. I’m not sure how it matters.
The prologue is useless. I still don’t know if they actually hurt anyone. There’s two pages where I think they catch someone but then it says “they run” so I’m like okay? They were going to kill someone and they got away. Or maybe they didn’t because later Paul is taken it for questioning and they found a baseball bat. I didn’t know we were going to use a baseball bat and a sedative. The author didn’t tell us.
I read the whole damn book and I have to read a summary somewhere or someone else’s review because I feel like I don’t know wtf even happened.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse
Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use
Minor: Sexual content