A review by afinalgirl
Depraved by Bryan Smith

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

4.0

“Such a pretty speech.” 
Pete shook his head. “It’s not just a speech. It’s—” 
“The Prestons ate my fiancé.”

depraved is like the hills have eyes x house of 1000 corpses and honestly reads like some wildly unrealistic fanfic - but there’s something about it that is so compelling you have to keep reading? just don’t take it seriously.

i enjoyed the multiple POVs, even though they never crossed over at any point, and i loved how fast-paced it was. it never got boring. there’s a lot of violence and sexual assault in this, like it’s constant, and i feel that’s part of the shock value the author was going for. the coping mechanism of each character are HILARIOUS.

i found the author’s style of writing a bit stilted, and some of the reactions and thought processes of the characters felt like they were written by a teenager (i don’t know how else to describe it but i know the way i wrote as a fifteen year old and this felt like that). however there was a lot that i loved, certain phrases that were just so on point and clever 👏🏼 
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