A review by alienor
The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling

dark mysterious

3.75

The Death of Jane Lawrence  feels like a fever dream at times, and the kind of novels one can very easily dissect and unearth bits to criticize. This is why I fully understand the mixed reviews it got, really. In the end however I thought it was weird in a way I personally found delightful, and for me the horror lay more in the loss of agency of its characters than in anything else—even though some parts were disgusting. All in all, a book I'll certainly reread but that I'll have a hard time recommending. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical content, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Child death, Gaslighting, and Drug use

Minor: War and Death of parent