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A review by lawbooks600
The Elle-verse by Kid Toussaint
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Representation: N/A
Score: Six points out of ten.
I saw this at one of the two libraries I go to since the other one did not have this so I picked it up and finally read it. What I didn't realise was that this was book two in a series but I don't know where the first book is though it might be in another library; when I finished it I left feeling like I could've got so much more, it could've been so much better. Alas. It is not. How disheartening. It starts with the main character or rather characters named Elle living as normal right up until people notice something isn't right with her. Elle's personality has changed since one of them called Blue somehow took over the entirely of Elle and controlled her and that's where the other part of the book comes in. Here's where it gets confusing at best and disorienting and disjointed at worst since there are multiple POVs which didn't work out in this case, the jarring juxtaposition between the faster paced scenes of Elle's mind and the slower paced scenes of the real world was such an enigma. The ending wasn't much better since the book tried to figure out a solution to the multiple personality things but all it came up with was that the six embryos merged to form one person. What? So weird. The characters were fine since I couldn't connect to them but they didn't irritate me except Blue Elle but I think that's the entire point of her persona which is to steal and cheat and do stuff like that. That ends the book.
Score: Six points out of ten.
I saw this at one of the two libraries I go to since the other one did not have this so I picked it up and finally read it. What I didn't realise was that this was book two in a series but I don't know where the first book is though it might be in another library; when I finished it I left feeling like I could've got so much more, it could've been so much better. Alas. It is not. How disheartening. It starts with the main character or rather characters named Elle living as normal right up until people notice something isn't right with her. Elle's personality has changed since one of them called Blue somehow took over the entirely of Elle and controlled her and that's where the other part of the book comes in. Here's where it gets confusing at best and disorienting and disjointed at worst since there are multiple POVs which didn't work out in this case, the jarring juxtaposition between the faster paced scenes of Elle's mind and the slower paced scenes of the real world was such an enigma. The ending wasn't much better since the book tried to figure out a solution to the multiple personality things but all it came up with was that the six embryos merged to form one person. What? So weird. The characters were fine since I couldn't connect to them but they didn't irritate me except Blue Elle but I think that's the entire point of her persona which is to steal and cheat and do stuff like that. That ends the book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Blood, Mental illness, and Animal cruelty
Full trigger warnings: Physical injury, animal cruelty and attack, blood depiction, near-death experience, disassociation