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A review by bluvlvt
Sugar by Mia Ballard
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
THE SECOND HALF OF THIS HAD ME HOOTING AND HOLLERING AND RIPPING MY HAIR OUT. MIA BESTIE BABE.....YOUR MIND!!!!
Insanely wordy and flowery prose, pretty much only at the beginning. By the time it hit past the first present day it finds it's groove and what the story wants to be. Then it sucks you in and I swear to God this is one of the best books I've read in awhile. And that's honestly my only complaint. The writing aside from that is wonderful and immersive. The cover?? gorgeous.
Sometimes weird woman horror books find themselves into two categories where it works, or it doesn't. They try too hard to make them crazy for no reason. This one doesn't fall into that. Satara fully believes in what she's doing. She even realizes she's not fully sane, but I don’t think she even realizes the extent to HOW insane she is. She's compelling in how awful and crazy she is. Almost relatable in her desperate need for love. I think when a fictional female character is horrid or less than perfect, you find yourself rooting for them in a weird way. Finding a connection with them.
This was like a wild mix of Go Ask Alice if Alice could somewhat handle her drugs mixed with You, The Love Witch and Killing Eve. I absolutely LOVED it. It wasn't overly gory either, which is a nice pace from some of the other stuff I've read lately. I can't wait to see what else Mia Ballard comes out.
A short and fast paced read. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea but for me - It was delicious.
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Insanely wordy and flowery prose, pretty much only at the beginning. By the time it hit past the first present day it finds it's groove and what the story wants to be. Then it sucks you in and I swear to God this is one of the best books I've read in awhile. And that's honestly my only complaint. The writing aside from that is wonderful and immersive. The cover?? gorgeous.
Sometimes weird woman horror books find themselves into two categories where it works, or it doesn't. They try too hard to make them crazy for no reason. This one doesn't fall into that. Satara fully believes in what she's doing. She even realizes she's not fully sane, but I don’t think she even realizes the extent to HOW insane she is. She's compelling in how awful and crazy she is. Almost relatable in her desperate need for love. I think when a fictional female character is horrid or less than perfect, you find yourself rooting for them in a weird way. Finding a connection with them.
This was like a wild mix of Go Ask Alice if Alice could somewhat handle her drugs mixed with You, The Love Witch and Killing Eve. I absolutely LOVED it. It wasn't overly gory either, which is a nice pace from some of the other stuff I've read lately. I can't wait to see what else Mia Ballard comes out.
A short and fast paced read. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea but for me - It was delicious.
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Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Dementia, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail