A review by camilaschapters
Everything Under by Daisy Johnson

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

3.5

This book was very interesting at certain points when there was action, but otherwise it was very slow-paced in a way that doesn’t so much as build up tension and a desire to keep going but in a way that became a bit repetitive. I enjoyed this re-telling of a classic myth and felt that it put a very unique spin on it, but there were times were I was completely bored and it was hard to continue through. I think part of it had to do with the lack of quotation marks indicating dialogue so it was sometimes difficult to discern whether someone was thinking or speaking. I also didn’t love the second and third person point of view, it got a little confusing as it flipped back and forth each chapter and I felt like it added a more passive voice to the novel that detracted from the interesting parts.  I often found myself re-reading pages because I wasn’t quite sure who was talking, whether they were talking out loud, and it was hard to know whether the action was real or imagined. That said, I thoroughly appreciated Johnson’s capability for stunning imagery, particularly that of nature. 
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