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A review by miyothecat
Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
This book should have stayed in the Wattpad era.
Full of heavily implied pedophilia and grooming, as well as manipulation. The hypocricy of the book trying to sprinkle “feminist” messages here and there only to destroy all of that by having a horrible male love interest who basically grooms and manipulates the main character.
The murder mystery part of the book also made no sense. The conclusion of the murder mystery was so underwhelming. I can’t believe it was such a lame murder motive.
As far as I can tell from the preview at the end of the book, the second book is going to be even worse so I’m not going to even bother picking it up.
Full of heavily implied pedophilia and grooming, as well as manipulation. The hypocricy of the book trying to sprinkle “feminist” messages here and there only to destroy all of that by having a horrible male love interest who basically grooms and manipulates the main character.
The murder mystery part of the book also made no sense. The conclusion of the murder mystery was so underwhelming. I can’t believe it was such a lame murder motive.
As far as I can tell from the preview at the end of the book, the second book is going to be even worse so I’m not going to even bother picking it up.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Murder
Moderate: Pedophilia
Minor: Alcoholism