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A review by thegreatelise
Unhinged by Octavia Grant
dark
fast-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
2.5
I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
This book felt like it was trying too hard to be spooky but in my opinion lacked originality and most of all there was way too many sex scene in my opinion for it to be enjoyable. It's a very short book and the amount of sex scene removes every spooky element, it's hard to be scary even slightly with this few pages but the sex ruins it all.
My more detailed thoughts of each stories :
Unhinged : we were up to a good start, I loved this one and how insane it was, I almost gave it 5 stars but I ended up giving it 4.5 due to the sex scenes.
Rear seat : this one left me slightly confused but I liked it 4/5
Toxic : it was enjoyable but it lacked something but I couldn't tell what 3/5
Eyes wide shut : in my opinion this one is the worst story of the book with poor writing, predictable twist, the sex again that ruins it, it doesn't have to be this detailed, it was insane but not it a good way 1/5
Good gayy : this one was nice, the plot was great, sadly it's predictable and in my opinion too short to be really great so 3/5
Sucks to be you : this one cringed me a bit and it felt too cliché with the fat girl becoming hot, I hated the ending because what they did to her was horrible and I feel like she doesn't get enough revenge and I was let down by the ending 3/5
Mad : this one again had unnecessary sex scenes, I was gonna rate it 1 star but I added one bonus for the psycho ref so 2/5
Choices : this one must be the best one with a great moral and a nice twist, I loved it 5/5
The prologue lowkey feels like it wants to be edgy but it was still a nice twist to the whole book 3/5
This book felt like it was trying too hard to be spooky but in my opinion lacked originality and most of all there was way too many sex scene in my opinion for it to be enjoyable. It's a very short book and the amount of sex scene removes every spooky element, it's hard to be scary even slightly with this few pages but the sex ruins it all.
My more detailed thoughts of each stories :
Unhinged : we were up to a good start, I loved this one and how insane it was, I almost gave it 5 stars but I ended up giving it 4.5 due to the sex scenes.
Rear seat : this one left me slightly confused but I liked it 4/5
Toxic : it was enjoyable but it lacked something but I couldn't tell what 3/5
Eyes wide shut : in my opinion this one is the worst story of the book with poor writing, predictable twist, the sex again that ruins it, it doesn't have to be this detailed, it was insane but not it a good way 1/5
Good gayy : this one was nice, the plot was great, sadly it's predictable and in my opinion too short to be really great so 3/5
Sucks to be you : this one cringed me a bit and it felt too cliché with the fat girl becoming hot, I hated the ending because what they did to her was horrible and I feel like she doesn't get enough revenge and I was let down by the ending 3/5
Mad : this one again had unnecessary sex scenes, I was gonna rate it 1 star but I added one bonus for the psycho ref so 2/5
Choices : this one must be the best one with a great moral and a nice twist, I loved it 5/5
The prologue lowkey feels like it wants to be edgy but it was still a nice twist to the whole book 3/5