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A review by renyoi
Litani by Jess Lourey
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
At the risk of sounding demented, I think this book would have benefitted from more explicitly horrifying moments. Everything was left to imagination and interpretation, which enhanced the experience for the first 70% of the book, but when I never truly know the horrors of what happened, some of the intensity and bite is taken out of the story. It could have gone further.
That said, it was still an enjoyable, tense, mysterious read, and even though it did not have enough satanic panic-based 80s horror for me, my experience reading it was good.
That said, it was still an enjoyable, tense, mysterious read, and even though it did not have enough satanic panic-based 80s horror for me, my experience reading it was good.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Stalking, Abandonment, Child abuse, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Child death, Grief, and Incest
Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Bullying, and Emotional abuse
Minor: Forced institutionalization