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forsidious 's review for:
The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls
by Claire Legrand
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very Coraline inspired so it's a fun spooky mystery. The biggest downfall of this book is that the main character, Victoria, could not be more unlikeable. I understand this is to set up for her developing more later on in the book, but it's so bad I almost DNF'd it halfway through. I only pushed through because she was compared to the bad guy, which I hoped would lead to interesting development, which to be fair it did. I feel like some of the mysteries could have been better explained or developed towards the end, but overall it was a fun ending. The epilogue is horrific though and I wish I hadn't read it - it felt so cliche and I just groaned. The actual story's ending was good enough. Probably the best part for me was the descriptions of the environment - I think that alone would make it a very fun read aloud book.