A review by omgyaynina
Acts of Desperation by Megan Nolan

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

3.5

I might need to sit with this one for a while before writing a full review. The writing was raw and compelling, but the story did start to lose my interest around the halfway point. It became monotonous, the characters not really doing much or changing — granted that may have been the point.

I often saw a younger version of myself in the FMC, which was validating and disturbing simultaneously. If I hadn’t borrowed this from the library I would have been annotating it furiously, and I might buy a copy to do just that. It made me think a lot, and feel a lot, which is what I want from a book.

Definitely check the content warnings.
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