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A review by aimiller
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Before I begin my review, I will say that I received a copy of this book via LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program, and I am grateful to the publisher for the opportunity to read this.
I think this is more of an issue with me not loving genre conventions than the book itself being not as good as I wanted, though I will say that it's a slooooooow start for me, and never truly seemed to catch its stride. The queer stuff was fine, and maybe I would have appreciated it more if I had more experience with gothic lit, but it just didn't catch me. (Honestly it could have been a better movie than book, maybe? That would have helped with some of the stuff I didn't love.)
But I can definitely see how people would love this, so if you find the concept interesting I'd say go for it for sure! Just not super my cup of tea.
I think this is more of an issue with me not loving genre conventions than the book itself being not as good as I wanted, though I will say that it's a slooooooow start for me, and never truly seemed to catch its stride. The queer stuff was fine, and maybe I would have appreciated it more if I had more experience with gothic lit, but it just didn't catch me. (Honestly it could have been a better movie than book, maybe? That would have helped with some of the stuff I didn't love.)
But I can definitely see how people would love this, so if you find the concept interesting I'd say go for it for sure! Just not super my cup of tea.