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anastashamarie's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
So I honestly absolutely loved this book, despite a few nagging problems. If you like gothic dark romance and a dark academic setting, this is 1000% for you.
⚠️TWs: graphic depictions of loved ones completing suicide; explicit sexual content; student-professer; descriptions of hallucinations (possible psychosis); death
🌑 Things I loved: The dark academia setting -- immersive and majorly enthralling. The callbacks to classic gothic horror. The blurred line between paranormal and psychological. The different subplots that wove interestingly together. The passion/madness of the romantic relationship. Daddy Dom Vad.
🕯️ Things I didn't love:
🏰 Listen, maybe I'm biased because this book is exactly up my alley. Maybe it's all the years of pining to go to boarding school (I grew up in the era of the Gossip Girl and the Private novel series so it hits hard). Maybe it's that I went to a probably-haunted, very old university with all sorts of stories like these. Maybe Verenmore has me in its clutches, too. But maybe this is just a generally great book. The only way for you to know is to read it too.
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child abuse, Dementia, Death of parent, and Alcohol
Taboo relationship (student/professer, both consenting adults)toofondofbooks_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
1.0
i read 260 pages of this mess and it just kept getting worse. i'm counting it as read. i've suffered enough.
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicide, Blood, Kidnapping, and Murder
Minor: Pedophilia, Abortion, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
aimee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Some unresolved plot points. The writing was not the best. BUT the spicy scenes were good and I was invested in the characters.
Graphic: Death, Gore, Sexual content, Suicide, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness
dearkassandra's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Dementia, Death of parent, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Blood
Minor: Gore and Vomit
vicktorea's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
ok I really enjoyed this! It was super atmospheric, chilling, creepy, spooky & sexy!
If you want some spooky dick this spooky szn, this is it! Not leaving much of a review bc I think this one’s best going in blind!
Graphic: Death, Gore, Mental illness, and Sexual content
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Rape
divensar's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Gore and Suicide