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klaratogsverdj 's review for:
A Botanical Daughter
by Noah Medlock
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
What the fuck did I just read… In the best way possible.
This book was out of my comfort zone because I don’t usually read horror, but I really enjoyed this. This book is disgusting and horrifying but it’s also surprisingly really funny and witty. Somehow fitting both of those into the same book is quite a feat from the author, so kudos for that. It’s also a super queer book which I really appreciated. If you like historical fiction with a bit of spice, and you wanna try out some horror, you will probably like this! Huge TW for body horror though.
I liked the writing too, but my only concern is that even though the book itself isn’t super fast paced, it’s like the plot points happen too fast for me to really get on board with it. There isn’t enough buildup which means the characters sometimes seemingly change their mind completely about something at the drop of a hat, which unfortunately made it less believable for me. I almost feel like this book just should have been longer in order to give the story the room and pages it deserves. Because wow, what a story.
All in all I was entertained throughout it the whole thing, and I did not see the progression of the story coming!
This book was out of my comfort zone because I don’t usually read horror, but I really enjoyed this. This book is disgusting and horrifying but it’s also surprisingly really funny and witty. Somehow fitting both of those into the same book is quite a feat from the author, so kudos for that. It’s also a super queer book which I really appreciated. If you like historical fiction with a bit of spice, and you wanna try out some horror, you will probably like this! Huge TW for body horror though.
I liked the writing too, but my only concern is that even though the book itself isn’t super fast paced, it’s like the plot points happen too fast for me to really get on board with it. There isn’t enough buildup which means the characters sometimes seemingly change their mind completely about something at the drop of a hat, which unfortunately made it less believable for me. I almost feel like this book just should have been longer in order to give the story the room and pages it deserves. Because wow, what a story.
All in all I was entertained throughout it the whole thing, and I did not see the progression of the story coming!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual content, Blood, Murder