Scan barcode
A review by themoonwholistens
Before the Devil Breaks You by Libba Bray
5.0
I CAN’T BELIEVE I JUST READ THAT. these plot twists make me want to scream (I did) and throw my phone (I did not)
I have no idea how y’all survived 3 years waiting for The King of Crows, *sends a thousand virtual hug*
— overall thoughts: 4.5 —
⇢ content warnings//
⇢ representation: poc main characters, asian main character with physical disability, african-american main character, lgbtq main character, latinx main character, side character with mental illness
the diversity of this cast, not just in representation but in their personality as well is just so distinct. this is what i crave!! at the same time, diversity reps don’t ever become a character’s defining trait which I love.
I have no idea how y’all survived 3 years waiting for The King of Crows, *sends a thousand virtual hug*
“It was impossible to imagine that such harm could happen under the promise of such a blue sky.”
— overall thoughts: 4.5 —
⇢ content warnings//
Spoiler
Blackmail, Death, Domestic Abuse, Eugenics, Institutionalization, Racism, Terrorism⇢ representation: poc main characters, asian main character with physical disability, african-american main character, lgbtq main character, latinx main character, side character with mental illness
the diversity of this cast, not just in representation but in their personality as well is just so distinct. this is what i crave!! at the same time, diversity reps don’t ever become a character’s defining trait which I love.
“All the times I say, ‘Don’t see me’? With you, I wish I had an opposite power: See me. See me, Evie. See all of me. There’s a fella who loves you right here. I’m not perfect. I’m a handful. But you know what? So are you. There. Not sugarcoating it.”