A review by _fallinglight_
The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Storygraph kept recommending this book to me and I gotta thank the algorithm that knows me better than I do bc I wouldn't have heard of this book otherwise and it would've been a real shame. It's right up my alley! Dark, gruesome, sad, and darkly funny. I read this in like 3 hours and idk maybe that's not fast for other folk but it's definitely fast for me who just spent almost two weeks on a reread lmao! There's a lot of deep stuff on death and birth and life and existence in this nonstop novella. It's perfect for anyone going through emo days and questioning the value or pointlessness of our existence and how never being is the better outcome. The majority of people might not agree on this but I dig it, honestly. Molly is so deliciously messed up! I love her, which makes the ending so sad for me. How can I not relate with a homeschooled only child who h words kids? 😂 Maybe that explains a lot about me...But anywho. I really liked the story and the concept if not why it happened (the mom's Soviet (?) secret agent spy mission something) if that makes sense. Also the writing is kinda cool but there were some weird situations and at points was kinda pretentious. But overall it was a mysterious, weirdly funny at points, dark read. 

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