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w0lfyfr3n's review against another edition
3.0
I did not like the main characters. Lottie is judgemental and self righteous, Alice is mean and pretentious. They both seem to be aware of this but do very little to curb it. The blurb is slightly misleading in that they actually cannot stand to be around eachother for a large part of the book, and the romance bits are scarce. Note: I particularly did not like the fact that Lottie thought she was asexual until she met Alice. It was a throwaway sentence that achieved nothing except feeding into the harmful idea that ace people just need to meet the right person to feel attraction.
The sentences were also packed with architectural descriptions that I spent a lot of time googling and then just gave up on. All the more interesting characters
Moving on to what I eventually enjoyed though...I liked what this book was trying to say about the anger of women, how it grows from powerlessness, how it's often more unacceptable than a man's. However I did not agree with the bit about female violence. Anger and invasive thoughts are normal, but acting on them in the way that Alice and some of the others did, even before all the supernatural stuff came into play, is NOT. Sometimes it felt like this book was having a girlboss moment (Women can be violent too ! 💪) and as an afab person myself, I'm not sure I was a fan of that. I'm glad this was corrected towards the end
However this books gets all its points for tying up the mystery super well. There was so much to untangle that it was ultimately upredictable, and towards the end almost every single mystery is resolved. The pieces fell in place in a very satisfying manner. The last 25% is definitely worth the haul, which is why this is still a 3/5.
Graphic: Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Self harm, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Animal death, Physical abuse, and Suicide
Minor: Sexual assault and Terminal illness
autumnxrose's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Death, Misogyny, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, and Sexual assault
izzyvioletgrace's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
bookeduntil's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, and Murder
Moderate: Self harm, Sexism, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicide, and Religious bigotry
matcha_cat's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Physical abuse, Self harm, Blood, and Alcohol
reina_shouko's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
zombiezami's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Religious bigotry
Moderate: Cursing, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Infidelity
babsi_222's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This book was amazing and great for me! If you like some mystery a bit psychology and witchy stuff you will love this book! I’m usuall not into this genre but this book is an exception.
Also if you like the Netflix show ‚Wednesday‘ this is a great book to read because the characters and vibes are similar.
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
miaaa_lenaaa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Moody sapphic dark academia? What more could i ask for
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
matheo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Mental illness, Medical content, and Alcohol