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A review by pinkblingd
All That Consumes Us by Erica Waters
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
A delicious goth novel after so long!
This book reminded me so much of Rebecca and Manderly — my mind made a visual map of every main character and who they were playing from Rebecca. I imagined it to be a modernized version of the book with a stronger, more relatable, bisexual protagonist who wants to finish schooling and make ends meet with her janitorial job.
Except. The story used the flesh and bones of Rebecca and was reborn as something unexpected. Night time adventures at the graveyard, suspiciously supernatural moments, secret societies, beautiful old schools, the loud buzzing of circadas, old journals, found families, conversations around trust and feelings. I love goth but I have read very few — and I loved this!
This book reminded me so much of Rebecca and Manderly — my mind made a visual map of every main character and who they were playing from Rebecca. I imagined it to be a modernized version of the book with a stronger, more relatable, bisexual protagonist who wants to finish schooling and make ends meet with her janitorial job.
Except. The story used the flesh and bones of Rebecca and was reborn as something unexpected. Night time adventures at the graveyard, suspiciously supernatural moments, secret societies, beautiful old schools, the loud buzzing of circadas, old journals, found families, conversations around trust and feelings. I love goth but I have read very few — and I loved this!