Review by haileyhardcover - You Weren't Meant to Be Human

haileyhardcover 's review for:

You Weren't Meant to Be Human by Andrew Joseph White

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Uff. I don’t think I was prepared for just how gruesome this book is. I loved Hell Followed With Us and was expecting a similar vibe from this, but White made the jump into adult horror from YA and held absolutely nothing back. If you read this, I recommend an empty stomach.

I’ve never read an ending that was simultaneously so viscerally horrible and yet hopeful. I think the mental images are permanently scarred on the insides of my eyelids. Part of me would like to forget that I ever read this. It’s gross and heavy and I do not feel good having read it... but I think that’s exactly what you’re meant to feel.

I cannot bring myself to give this five stars because of the mental state it’s left me in and the fact that there wasn’t ever a point where I enjoyed what I was reading; however, I do think White accomplished exactly what he intended, so in being unapologetically and perfectly what it is, it may deserve that fifth star.

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