A review by jonjyn
And Then She Fell by Alicia Elliott

dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.5

updated review: overall, i do recommend it but forget that it's labelled as horror as for me i went in with expectations, which was unfair on the book. when people say it's an insight into PPP and mental illness i wonder did you miss the point?

throughout the whole book alice talks about how her experiences with racism are dismissed or played down, and we get a thorough explanation as to why she is experiencing the voices and visions. just because it's not explainable to modern white medicine doesn't mean what she's experiencing isn't truly happening. i think to conclude alice see visions and hears voices because she is mentally ill is incorrect and at a reader's level dismisses alice's experiences in the same way she recounts having been dismissed within the book. my average ranking is due to the fact that while i can see the genius behind it, i personally did not enjoy my reading experience and i did not like the time loop phenomenon at the end.

previously i reviewed it as: 2.5; when storygraph says horror, it doesn’t mean horror