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A review by skillyillian
The Wonder State by Sara Flannery Murphy
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
I'll write a better review at some point but here's a few quick thoughts for now:
- characters were some of the best I've ever read in terms of uniqueness, motivation, flaws, and realness
- those houses are so god damn fucking cool and I loved them so much
- love a thriller with magic that isn't Stephen King or Dean Koontz being creepy in such 80s men ways
- plot twist after plot twist after fucking plot twist dude oh my god that was insane and legitimately exciting
- I haven't read almost anything that quickly since acotar almost two years ago. My library has a two week limit on this instead of three bc it's new and I legitimately finished this in like. Six days. DEVOURED it.
- prose is 10/10, some of the best descriptors I've read in a hot minute
- mood and setting were phenomenal, give me more darkened backwoods creeping into the edges of town, give me more off-putting basements with many limbed mannequins and scratch marks on the door
No fucking notes, I literally can't think of a single thing about this book that I didn't just eat up
- characters were some of the best I've ever read in terms of uniqueness, motivation, flaws, and realness
- those houses are so god damn fucking cool and I loved them so much
- love a thriller with magic that isn't Stephen King or Dean Koontz being creepy in such 80s men ways
- plot twist after plot twist after fucking plot twist dude oh my god that was insane and legitimately exciting
- I haven't read almost anything that quickly since acotar almost two years ago. My library has a two week limit on this instead of three bc it's new and I legitimately finished this in like. Six days. DEVOURED it.
- prose is 10/10, some of the best descriptors I've read in a hot minute
- mood and setting were phenomenal, give me more darkened backwoods creeping into the edges of town, give me more off-putting basements with many limbed mannequins and scratch marks on the door
No fucking notes, I literally can't think of a single thing about this book that I didn't just eat up
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Confinement, Self harm, and Forced institutionalization
Minor: Infidelity, Suicide, and Death of parent