A review by judeb0x
Guided by Emma Smith

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

In my opinion : a good story is a story you come back to, or find yourself remembering days, weeks, months after reading it.
A good book is a book that makes you question your morals and values, that puts something (an action, a fact, a question) in front of your own eyes, and makes you think hard, until you and the main character become one.
That is how I felt reading Guided by Emma Smith. I felt like a scared teenage girl from England who had done something terrible, and had to live with the thoughts that someone can be good in principle but can become a murderer with a simple act... or lack of one.
The story was original, the characters were realistic and not stereotypes, Macey - the main character - was the perfect basic white girl from your school, but entering her head felt like opening myself to a whole new perspective on life.
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