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dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
I was given the chance to read and review a copy of this book by Net Galley. I appreciate the opportunity. I had seen pretty good reviews on the book, and I thought I would enjoy it. Unfortunately, It wasn't for me. First of all I don't remember disliking a main character as much as I disliked Alexis in this book. At first I thought the was going to be an unreliable narrator, but she wasn't even that. She was as bad and as clueless throughout as she appeared from the beginning. Another disappointment was all the other characters in the book (and I mean all of them). They were not realistic, and seemed to be caricatures rather than believable characters. They were all so depraved and perverted, that there wasn't a one that I could even begin to like. The other big disappointment was the fact that this is very definitely an LBGTQ book, and nowhere did I find mention of that in any of the reviews I read. I thought the plot was jerky, and disjointed, and a mixture of real and imaginary all the way through with no real demarcation between the two. I am giving the book two stars as I did finish it, if only to try to make some sense of it, and to try to understand what it was I was reading. I did not get the point at all after I finished the book. In all honesty, I cannot recommend this book. Potential readers should also be prepared for some very graphic sexuality. I saw nothing mentioned about that either in any of the reviews that I read before I began the book..
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Hate crime
This book has the most depraved and hateful characters that I have ever found in a book.
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