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A review by graysonari3l
Dark Corners by Megan Goldin
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
TLDR: This reads like a first draft written by someone who was obsessed with the Gabby Petito case and harbors an intense pick-me-girl hatred towards influencers
I wanted some BOTM add ons, and wasn't super excited about many of the main selections, but a thriller is always a quick read, and this was early release, so was like "why not"? I'm honestly so surprised this made it onto BOTM. It reads like it's not finished yet. The dialogue sounds like it's a cheesy over the time black and white crime noir movie, except it's not. It's supposed to be serious. The characters will often repeat things, or within paragraphs by the author the same 4–5-word phrase will be repeated making the writing sound like it was just meant to hit a word count. There isn't good flow. They also try to end the conversation of each chapter almost on a cliff hanger / mysterious sounding sentence, but it really doesn't work.
Secondly, the main setting halfway through this book is an influencer convention. I don't know what influencer wronged Megan Goldin, but I feel like she must hate them. She wrote them all to be so vapid and vain, all they care about is having their boyfriends take the best selfies of them and their food. The main characters constantly talk about how the influencer life must be a facade and they aren't really how they portray themselves on social media (duh its 2023 we know that). She just portrays them so poorly and I get if the main girl talked about hating them once, but its constantly. And she just doesn't "get" social media.
girl....
You have a PODCAST!!!!!! about TRUE CRIME!!!
You say they're taking advantage of this con and the famous people for content.
You take advantage of MURDE VICTIMS FOR CONTENT!
YOU'RE WORSE
The suspense of what happened to this van life influencer wasn't worth reading through awkward dialogue and the constant influencer hating. Other reviews seem to say the first book in this series is better, so maybe read that one and skip the sequal?
I wanted some BOTM add ons, and wasn't super excited about many of the main selections, but a thriller is always a quick read, and this was early release, so was like "why not"? I'm honestly so surprised this made it onto BOTM. It reads like it's not finished yet. The dialogue sounds like it's a cheesy over the time black and white crime noir movie, except it's not. It's supposed to be serious. The characters will often repeat things, or within paragraphs by the author the same 4–5-word phrase will be repeated making the writing sound like it was just meant to hit a word count. There isn't good flow. They also try to end the conversation of each chapter almost on a cliff hanger / mysterious sounding sentence, but it really doesn't work.
Secondly, the main setting halfway through this book is an influencer convention. I don't know what influencer wronged Megan Goldin, but I feel like she must hate them. She wrote them all to be so vapid and vain, all they care about is having their boyfriends take the best selfies of them and their food. The main characters constantly talk about how the influencer life must be a facade and they aren't really how they portray themselves on social media (duh its 2023 we know that). She just portrays them so poorly and I get if the main girl talked about hating them once, but its constantly. And she just doesn't "get" social media.
girl....
You have a PODCAST!!!!!! about TRUE CRIME!!!
You say they're taking advantage of this con and the famous people for content.
You take advantage of MURDE VICTIMS FOR CONTENT!
YOU'RE WORSE
The suspense of what happened to this van life influencer wasn't worth reading through awkward dialogue and the constant influencer hating. Other reviews seem to say the first book in this series is better, so maybe read that one and skip the sequal?