A review by sarah984
The Scapegracers by H.A. Clarke

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

I really did not like this book at all. The prose was ridiculously overwritten, the characters were boring (and it was kind of interesting that the only non-villains who were jerks in a way that Sideways took issue with were trans people, hmm) and constantly made really stupid decisions. It seemed a bit goofy to me that the girls become friends so quickly, like one night this girl is paying Sideways $40 to be a freak show at her party and the next day she is ready to die for her?? A lot of dialogue felt very "author voice", like when a character who was generally very fussy and worried said that their town needed more gangs.

For huge stretches of the book nothing happened. I liked the concept of the book devil when it came up but it was way too near the end.
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