A review by sofipitch
Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite

challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

I did not like this book. Half of the reason is the long list of trigger warnings I've marked below. The other half is the fact that whenever the author mentioned adult content such as sex/alcohol/drugs, it's done in such excess it seems juvenile. Just the way alcohol is described, I was REALLY surprised that the author was over 21 when this was published because it feels like it was written by a teen who has never experienced most of the things described. The book also has practically no plot, it just follows these characters around but I didn't like them. I peaked at reviews online with ppl raving about this book saying it had wonderful characters and a fast-paced well thought out plot. Like did we even read the same book?

There are also a lot of things about this book that it's less upfront about that haven't aged well, for example this book has really racist undertones, between the way it described POC, historical events, and use of the n-word. Same goes for misogyny. There's also some eating disorders thinking in the way thin bodies, constantly described with bones showing, are overly romanticized, which is why I marked eating disorder under triggers, bc the language in this book might give an impressionable goth teen one. So anything that was a triggering undertone went into the minor trigger category
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