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Beloved Poison by E.S. Thomson

2 reviews

aang_arang's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5


Very slow start, you don't really get anywhere until about 40~50%

Way too many characters introduced way too quickly and poor character descriptions as well. 
I didn't even know that Joe was just a child until they were describing his body after the murder.


There were a few intense scenes that I did enjoy but the ending was rather anticlimactic in my opinion and I was just reading to complete and not actually because I was interested. 

Eliza's character might be the most poorly written In the whole book. I was not a fan of her characrer arc at all. 

Will was the best part of the book and I did enjoy his friendship with Jem the most out of anything, even though I didn't care much for Jem themself.
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monniebiloney's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

Great start, middle, and conclusion, but it did kind of land on its face for the very last 60 pages or so.
Basically, the author didn't have a good idea for how the bad guy should get arrested.
I did not understand why Eliza was forced by the author to be a whore from now on and forever. Like what. Why?

I do have one question. Did will ever figure out if Jem was a girl or not? Like, I legit couldn't tell. *squints eyes at him*  are you Gay? bisexual like the MC?  straight?
The romance gets a D for the final chapter. A for the other parts. I like Will, and I like Eliza, but
why are you suddently like "Lets elope" like calm your tits man, do you even know if Jem even likes men? I don't even know if she's interested in men. We both  def noticed her crush on Eliza so girls on def on that market
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