Alex
There are a lot of overlapping plotlines and it feels a bit bloated but I did like Claire and found her sinicism relatable.
Very eerie and unsettling!! Idk much about the movie but I wish it was more like the book
Eh it was a creepy suspense book for like half of it but then the narration changed to split pov + media excerpts and it got kinda messy
Eileen is perverted and unsettling. Throughout the whole book there is an eerie sense of foreboding as she slowly leads up to the crime.
Definitely well written and I do think books that make you uncomfortable have merit, I just didn't enjoy the ride as much as I had hoped I would.
I thought it would be more about Delphine than Thomas. I should have DNFd but I'm stubborn
Tbh I hated Sloan the whole time which sucks cause it's her book but I really liked the other characters and wish we got to see more of them + actually develop the main lesbian relationship
Me when I let a ghost ruin my life for no apparent reason: “keep cursed and carry on”
I liked this book until I didn't. I found Anna relatable as someone who gets blamed for a lot of bullshit in my family but the book dragged on and got even more nonsensical as it kept going, making me hate her. Imo just stop reading when they leave Italy and pretend it was resolved there.
Em X. Liu somehow makes a-gender Chinese wizards relatable even to me!!! I really like their writing and hope to read more from them in the future (-1* because I still had questions I wanted answers to but it's a short book)
Definitely more disappointing after reading a book with very similar plots. Our main character lies and cheats her way into a seemingly perfect life only to have the rich woman they're lying to also be manipulating them in return. Not a bad read but I saw the twist coming a mile away.
The first half gave me so much second hand anxiety but once we switched perspectives I got into it. A fun and fast read.
DNF about halfway. The rant about “liberal leftys trying to protect women from being raped” was all I could take. Very disappointed
Really liked it! I wish there were more books about these cousins but I'm interested in reading the others about other characters in this universe!
I really wanted to like this book but I found the plotline overcomplicated and confusing. Kidan is unlikable and can't even stick to her own messed up morals, Susenyos' motives make no sense, and God forbid either of them actually communicate with each other. The timeline jumps around rapidly and what would have been an opportunity to actually show character development we just get told about it after the fact. Like we went from study groups to drinking buddies without actually bonding???
I think if the book wasn't over-hyped maybe I would have gave it 3* but I was left feeling really disappointed, I don't even care to find out what happens in the next book.
The writing was beautiful and the ideas incredible, but in my opinion needed a lot more editing and trimming. If you liked it more than me I'm happy for you, I hope the next book is less divisive.
I was kind of expecting more from McFadden... I feel like it should have ended around the halfway point after the big reveal, really didn't care for the ending
I personally didn't find it as creepy or unsettling as others may have but the story was kind of interesting at least