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A review by chaotic_critique
The Institute by Jakub Żulczyk
2.0
2.5/5
Overall the premise of this book was great and it started off well. It was dark, claustrophobic and chilling, however I’m not sure that the translation worked well enough and the fact that there was no chapters to speak of made it really difficult.
This book needs some trigger warnings - there is some fairly graphic animal abuse/murder (cats), attempted sexual assault of a minor, alcoholism, racial slurs, homophobia, drug abuse, gore and torture. This could be upsetting for some. I’m not certain why profanity was used liberally throughout - words like wh*re, c*nt etc seemed to be peppered for shock value.
I really wanted to love this but in the end I really struggled. The ending felt quite obvious and rushed.
Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for the ARC. Opinions are entirely my own.
Overall the premise of this book was great and it started off well. It was dark, claustrophobic and chilling, however I’m not sure that the translation worked well enough and the fact that there was no chapters to speak of made it really difficult.
This book needs some trigger warnings - there is some fairly graphic animal abuse/murder (cats), attempted sexual assault of a minor, alcoholism, racial slurs, homophobia, drug abuse, gore and torture. This could be upsetting for some. I’m not certain why profanity was used liberally throughout - words like wh*re, c*nt etc seemed to be peppered for shock value.
I really wanted to love this but in the end I really struggled. The ending felt quite obvious and rushed.
Thank you to NetGalley and to the publisher for the ARC. Opinions are entirely my own.