A review by mkmcelroy
Toppers by Aayush Gupta

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

An incredibly satisfying read and probably the best dark academia book I’ve ever read. The characters’ descent into darkness was so delicious and so perfectly founded in unhealthy academic competition. There were twists I didn’t see coming and twists I was happy to be right about. I loved the pacing as the stakes increased. I also found the antagonists to be incredibly fun to hate. I also found the dynamics between the cast of characters to be very entertaining even when they weren’t all positive. It definitely felt like a fun exploration of morality and how in the teenage years the kind of person you become can be so heavily influenced by the people you’re surrounded with.
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