A review by mk_loisirs
Penance by Eliza Clark

dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I wish I could go on and on about this book, like I am able to with others but Clark did exactly what she set out to do with this one. It disgusted, saddened and infuriated me. Penance slowly reveals the seedy underbelly of the true crime community and its hypocritical and commercialized nature. The reader is led by the most unreliable of unreliable narrators. 

It shows you just how decentralized the victims of crimes become and how the truth gets warped for fandom and "the (re)views" through the sensationalization of crime.  
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