A review by laurareads87
The Murders of Molly Southbourne by Tade Thompson

dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

What a creepy, creepy premise. There is a lot that's really effective here: consistent pacing, solid character development for a shorter text, some really unsettling scenes. I feel like this book has a lot of thematic undertones and implications that I'll be thinking on for a while; the plot itself is relatively straightforward but there are a lot of possibilities that kind of lurk around the edges of it that make it all the more unsettling. My only gripe with this is that the ending felt really abrupt; I'm not sure that the 'reveal' at the end was quite as effective as it could've been.

Content warnings: blood, gore, body horror, self-harm, murder, violence, death of a parent, death of a child, suicide
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