joanneburns's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
postmortem's review against another edition
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcohol, Blood, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Vomit, Car accident, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Toxic friendship, Cannibalism, Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Murder, and Violence
libraryjanitor's review against another edition
5.0
This book was the most vile thing I’ve ever read…5 stars simply for being the first book to actually disgust me
chicks50's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
libraryofalibrarian's review against another edition
challenging
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
ebbieells's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
shiningshield's review against another edition
it’s painfully obvious that a man wrote this book, as the female characters (kim in particular) look, talk, and act like they were written by a man. sadistic tendencies and murderous sexuality aside, i just didn’t find the protagonist to be believable as a 16 year old girl.
marked as DNF because it became a tedious, boring read, and that’s not really a feeling you want to associate with the sort of vile acts that take place in this book.
i do enjoy his writing style so perhaps i’ll try another book that has a male protagonist, but i’m in no hurry to do so.
a petty aside if i may - there was one line that irked me to the point of being pulled out of the book entirely, and that was the mention of kim wearing juliette has a guns “not a perfume” which is famously just cetalox and nothing else, certainly not “whale vomit” as the author wrote. in fact i don’t think any JHAG perfumes use ambergris, otherwise they’d be a lot more expensive than $150 per 100ml bottle! maybe the ‘tism jumped out a bit here, but researching these simple little things shouldn’t be a difficult task for the author to complete. just saying!
marked as DNF because it became a tedious, boring read, and that’s not really a feeling you want to associate with the sort of vile acts that take place in this book.
i do enjoy his writing style so perhaps i’ll try another book that has a male protagonist, but i’m in no hurry to do so.
a petty aside if i may - there was one line that irked me to the point of being pulled out of the book entirely, and that was the mention of kim wearing juliette has a guns “not a perfume” which is famously just cetalox and nothing else, certainly not “whale vomit” as the author wrote. in fact i don’t think any JHAG perfumes use ambergris, otherwise they’d be a lot more expensive than $150 per 100ml bottle! maybe the ‘tism jumped out a bit here, but researching these simple little things shouldn’t be a difficult task for the author to complete. just saying!
sarahweiss's review against another edition
dark
funny
tense
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75