A review by naomi_jayne
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Overall I really enjoyed this book as you can tell from my rating. It was beautiful written and tackles a difficult subject matter with respect, and does not romanticise the relationship between Vanessa and Jacob like a feared it would. Even though Vanessa makes it seem like it is romantic, you can tell from how it is written that she knows it isn’t. The reason it didn’t get 5 stars from me was two things; one, the mother of Vanessa really annoyed me. As an SA and R victim myself, it just didn’t seem like how a mother would react. And the last…say 200 pages just seemed to drag on a little, meaningless scenes with repetitive writing.