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A review by annineamundsen
The Keeper of Night by Kylie Lee Baker
3.0
Loved the Japanese mythology/folklore, and I liked that it was pretty dark. The mc is half British, half Japanese, and we see her struggle with being from/between two cultures and never being good enough for either, which I think is an important subject.
I started out really liking this book, but as it progressed I found myself disliking Ren more and more. I was totally on her side in the beginning, and was rooting for her to go batshit, but when she did it was in a very unlikeable way imo. (And it's not bc she's morally grey, I love morally grey characters, but they have to be likeable while being bad people, you know?)
She also had some childish ways of (not) dealing with her emotions, despite having been alive for 200 years, and it wasn't my cup of tea. For example being angry that her brother doesn't understand her, despite never even trying to explain her thoughts and feelings to him.
Tw: death, murder, bullying, ableism, racism
I started out really liking this book, but as it progressed I found myself disliking Ren more and more. I was totally on her side in the beginning, and was rooting for her to go batshit, but when she did it was in a very unlikeable way imo. (And it's not bc she's morally grey, I love morally grey characters, but they have to be likeable while being bad people, you know?)
She also had some childish ways of (not) dealing with her emotions, despite having been alive for 200 years, and it wasn't my cup of tea. For example being angry that her brother doesn't understand her, despite never even trying to explain her thoughts and feelings to him.
Tw: death, murder, bullying, ableism, racism