A review by charley0796
Carnage by Shantel Tessier

dark sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Read as part of book club as a standalone. It was easy enough to pick up the world. Thankfully I read it through kindle unlimited so I didn’t have to pay for it. The first half of the book was pure p*rn which I devoured and appreciated. The rest of this review involves spoilers.
The second half just fell to pieces. The author seemed to suddenly remember that her characters - like the therapist - were missing names and so named them. It also introduced a bunch of other side characters with no identifying features making it impossible to tell who was who - they even threw in some surprise twins just to prevent the effort it would take to make up a better plot. Not to mention the whole fake death situation. Just plain confusing - even the characters don’t really seem to know what happened by the end. But that’s fine, they only have a 2d brain anyway as they have no character aside from being s*x addicts - even 50 shades had more character building than this!
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