A review by wardenred
Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth

Did not finish book. Stopped at 20%.

I totally didn't expect this DNF, I'll be honest. I mean, a gothic sapphic dark academia novel that is a story within a story within a story? It sounded so good! But whenever I sit down to get through another few pages, I just feel bored out of my skull. I appreciate how voicey the narrator is, but it just feels like the narrator is trying to hard and deliberately packing everything into as many smart, culture-savvy words as possible, to the point that the original thought gets lost. Also, it's been over 100 pages and nothing happened. I've been waiting for the plot to begin for so long I forget what the plot is supposed to be.

It's a pity, because I've heard great things about the book and was excited to read it, but. Sorry, I give up.