A review by wodahs
Bury Our Bones In The Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

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

4.0

Positives:
  • Overall I enjoyed it
  • I liked the writing 
  • Toxic sapphic vampires. And it's actually toxic, like it was promised. 
  • Exploration of toxic abusive relationship and the aftermath - queers can be bad people too
  • The theme of what are you willing to sacrifice to get what you want, and what would you do after you got what you asked for? 
  • María's POV was mesmerising. I guess it's fascinating to read a psycho

Negatives:
  • Too long. Too meandering. The writing got me going, but I was kinda bored many times. 
  • Not much plot
  • Alice's flashbacks and back story is quite boring. I skipped through all the Catty and her step mums part 'cause I just couldn't 
  • Alice is a character to explore
    Lottie and Sabine' s character
    , she's not really her own character 
  • The setup of Lottie telling Alice her life story as a flashback was really forced.

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