A review by fandomckb
The Obsession by Jesse Q. Sutanto

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

1.5

Honestly, after reading the summary I was expecting so much more than I got. The story moved so fast at times I thought the character was hallucinating or imagining it. Finally, the story just moved way too fast. There was no breaking up talking with text, they spent way too many pages of just dialogue or just internal thoughts and whenever it was mixed, it was hard to follow because it was too fast. The characters were extremely dark, and made it hard to relate to them. The choices they made didn't make sense and the 'plot twists' felt more twisted and dark than actually enjoyable. If you're at all interested in reading for the world being built and not just the characters find another book. All I got was 'fancy boarding school'. 


<spoliers> She kills her mom's boyfriend after fantasizing about hurting him or fighting back or something so I thought that was the same thing? And the 'she was the drug dealer's thing was bull. There was almost nothing leading to that and it felt almost forced. Finally, the ending where she kills Logan was one of the only things that sort of made sense, but again, it only took like 2 pages to kill him. <spoilers>
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