A review by princessgonchar
The Project by Courtney Summers

dark mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

There's a point at the end of the novel where Lo says
"I was barely there" in response to the cult to which I respond "yeah! you were BARELY there!"


I'm frustrated by this book because there were so many ways that this book could have gone, and this was the least exciting version of the book. Some examples:

- The story told entirely from Bea's perspective/someone else from within the cult
- Lo trusting the cult at least a little in the beginning
- Lo never trusting the cult at all
- Some of Lo's "enemies"
specifically Paul and Lauren
having more to do with the whole story (wouldn't that have been so cool???)

Etc. etc. I just feel like the story was very bland,
Lo fell for the cult out of practically nowhere
, and none of the things that I think we're supposed to be surprising were actually surprising. It just could have done so much more and been so much more surprising.

It's not terrible; I'm just disappointed.

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