paigeworthy 's review for:

Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab

2.75

dark sad tense

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

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Some beautiful phrases, and I loved Charlotte's arc, but...that was too much book for not enough payoff.

Alice should've killed herself in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Blood, Stalking, Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Gaslighting

Minor: Death of parent, War