A review by lucyhoneychurchreads
A Study in Drowning by Ava Reid

challenging dark emotional sad tense

4.0

I very much liked the atmosphere of this book. A drizzly dark academic landscape filled with coffee and tweed. The writing is beautiful, evocative and lyrical at times. Overall the tone of the story is very melancholy and dark, dealing with trauma, abuse and inequality.
It’s marketed as young adult and while our protagonists are the correct age and maturity the rest of the story, writing and themes did not strike me as YA. 
I found rating this very difficult- much of the story made me angry and sad but Effy’s character development was gorgeous and overall I’m so glad I read this even if I can’t quite say I enjoyed it. 
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