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challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
What..? This book was such a wild ride right from the start all the way to the last page.
Leech is a dark sci-if following a doctor who travels to a remote town to research a mysterious illness that has killed the previous doctor of the town. I can’t say much more about the plot without spoiling anything, but trust me when I tell you this book had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
The beginning of this book has a dense scientific prose which took me a little while to get used to, but once the technical terminology settled down, this book was such a tense and exciting read. As the debut novel of Hiron Ennes, consider me impressed.
I did feel as though the ending was a little too abrupt. It could have benefited from having an extra 20 or so pages to close the book out, and I still feel as though there are some questions that are left unanswered. Besides these critiques, this was an incredible debut novel and I cannot wait to read more novels by this author.
TWs included in review
Received an ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Leech is a dark sci-if following a doctor who travels to a remote town to research a mysterious illness that has killed the previous doctor of the town. I can’t say much more about the plot without spoiling anything, but trust me when I tell you this book had me on the edge of my seat the entire time.
The beginning of this book has a dense scientific prose which took me a little while to get used to, but once the technical terminology settled down, this book was such a tense and exciting read. As the debut novel of Hiron Ennes, consider me impressed.
I did feel as though the ending was a little too abrupt. It could have benefited from having an extra 20 or so pages to close the book out, and I still feel as though there are some questions that are left unanswered. Besides these critiques, this was an incredible debut novel and I cannot wait to read more novels by this author.
TWs included in review
Received an ARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Ableism, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Miscarriage, Self harm, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Abortion, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail