A review by zeegy
The Salt Grows Heavy by Cassandra Khaw

adventurous challenging dark reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This was hard to read in the beginning. You're plunged into the world with no moment of explanation and the writer is a big fan of using every word ever in existence so it was tedious in the beginning. But I say things really picked up in the second night. I understood their goals, there was a bit of personalities breaking through, an inkling of romance. The whole thing though gorey and horrifying was strangely so romantic. The ending was heart wrenchingly beautiful. I admit to bursting into tears through the last night.
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