A review by emmiepee
Penance by Eliza Clark

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

left my head spinning!! really impressed with how Clark handled the Tumblr of it all, i sometimes feel like we are still too close to the birth of social media for actually insightful takes on it but Clark did a good job. definitely brought me back to the yucky teen feelings that still live in my body. 

i do wonder if Clark was just doing Too Much with this one, I will say I audiobooked this one and it maybe would’ve played out better in print, but between the meta book-within-a-book and unreliable narrator and blog posts and timeline jumping, she lost me a bit. it’s no Boy Parts but overall still a good read!