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adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
this book was fine. that’s it. fine. it was an unoriginal mix of the twilight saga/shadowhunters/and Fated by Alyson Noël. it was messy and unoriginal and uninspiring. it’s dramatic, not in a bad way, but it was predictable and simply mediocre.
the characters themselves were bad too. Vee was creepy, invasive, dramatic, and annoying. Marcie had no substance, she was there purely as the “mean girl” with no other personality. Patch was unsettling, creepy, gross, and also invasive (as was Jules and Elliot). Nora was so basic. oh my god, she was so so basic. she had common sense—something you don’t usually see on main characters—but she was still basic as crap. Also that fact that her mom was constantly gone for WEEKS at a time seems like abandonment/neglect, which i DO NOT roll with. She (Nora) also lacked substance. her whole personality seemed to be rounded around Patch, paranoia, and misdemeanors/felonies.
aside from the characters, it was all just ignorance and excuses with this plot. it was incredibly uncomfortable and the way nora was treated by Patch, her friend, the detectives, everyone was terrible. and it was all overlooked ??? what the hell is up with that. it was excuse after excuse and the characters used those excuses to manipulate and “explain” shit. which was stupid as fuckimg shit.
this is a book without drive or passion, i wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. it was fine. at best.
the characters themselves were bad too. Vee was creepy, invasive, dramatic, and annoying. Marcie had no substance, she was there purely as the “mean girl” with no other personality. Patch was unsettling, creepy, gross, and also invasive (as was Jules and Elliot). Nora was so basic. oh my god, she was so so basic. she had common sense—something you don’t usually see on main characters—but she was still basic as crap. Also that fact that her mom was constantly gone for WEEKS at a time seems like abandonment/neglect, which i DO NOT roll with. She (Nora) also lacked substance. her whole personality seemed to be rounded around Patch, paranoia, and misdemeanors/felonies.
aside from the characters, it was all just ignorance and excuses with this plot. it was incredibly uncomfortable and the way nora was treated by Patch, her friend, the detectives, everyone was terrible. and it was all overlooked ??? what the hell is up with that. it was excuse after excuse and the characters used those excuses to manipulate and “explain” shit. which was stupid as fuckimg shit.
this is a book without drive or passion, i wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. it was fine. at best.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma, Stalking, and Death of parent
Moderate: Suicide, Violence, Death of parent, and Abandonment