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scollingham 's review for:
My Dark Vanessa
by Kate Elizabeth Russell
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had a lot of complicated feelings reading this book. The writing and story was very captivating while at the same time felt horrible. Grooming is bad enough knowing it exists but it’s another thing to essentially witness it. Heartbreaking to watch this 15 year old girl be manipulated into believing that what is being done to her is love and that everything that goes “wrong” is essentially her fault. To the point that at 32 years old she is still convinced that what happened to her was a love story. Broke my heart and was maybe a little too relatable.