A review by raen99
Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

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

1.75

I wanted to like this and I was so excited to read a good dark academia thriller but omg honestly....this is NOT dark academia. It takes places in a school where weird (and sometimes bad?? but only sometimes, like maybe twice) things happen, but there is no atmosphere, no *vibes* that make it dark academia ok. Dark academia is all about the VIBES. So many actions by the characters that make no sense, so much dead space where the characters are doing literally nothing (except I guess drinking and ??? that's about it??). This book really dragged, and there was no fun atmosphere or spooky vibes to even make up for it. I ended up skimming most of the middle section, and by the time I got to the end, the "reveal" didn't do much for me, and the ending was too quick and neat. The whole social message about education fell flat as well - I GET what the author was trying to do but the execution was just too boring and messy and underwhelming. 
why did they let Yaya visit Ines in the Tower?? does this mean Ines could have visited Baby at any point during her stay there?? what was honestly the real danger/threat to the characters, someone pls tell me
 
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