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A review by charles_rowland
Saint Catherine by Anna Meyer
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
i received an e-ARC and will be giving an honest review
currently sitting in a fred meyer starbucks trying very hard not to start crying, haha. in a good way! this was a phenomenal read. i don’t quite have the religious trauma as deep as catherine does, but i went to a catholic school for a few years in middle school as someone who isn’t catholic and that sure killed a lot of my spirit. haven’t been to mass since, thank god, but reading this brought back a lot of memories and feelings id tried to just push back and never worry about. i’m obsessed with everything about this. the art is jaw dropping, i kept finding myself lingering on pages just looking at how stunning it is. once it’s published these will certainly be used as home and lock screens on my phone.
catherine’s guilt both around religion and her personal life was so well written. it both doesn’t immediately forgive her, leaving her w 0 repercussions on things that she did mess up, but it didn’t completely villainize her. it reminded the reader that she’s human and that she made a mistake and that has consequences, but it won’t destroy her life.
the side characters were also so well fleshed out!!! i loved how we got good chunks of their story without taking away from catherine at all.
i do also like how ambiguous it all is. how it can be a bit open ended if you think about it a bit.
the isolation that catherine put herself through is something very familiar to me and i really loved how it was written. you could understand catherine as she literally had demons in her mind but you also see how it’s affecting her friends and boyfriend. it really showed both sides just so, so well.
i think that the beauty of the art really tied everything together perfectly. it created an atmosphere of eye candy, in a way, so each page felt addicting to look at, to search the page and see all of the details. i’ve always been a huge fan of that aesthetic, pastel, one-hue type of digital art of messy bedrooms, and this totally fulfilled all of my hopes and dreams for that.
i’ve been talking a lot about the art and such and not about the plot and how personal it is, mainly as to not spoil much, but i just need to say how stunning this book was in every way. i just can’t get over the dialogue, the story, the characters, the relationships. i really and truly felt for catherine in a way that i don’t feel with characters often. a deep and personal thing that made my heart ache a bit. this was absolutely incredible. thank you to the author for this story
currently sitting in a fred meyer starbucks trying very hard not to start crying, haha. in a good way! this was a phenomenal read. i don’t quite have the religious trauma as deep as catherine does, but i went to a catholic school for a few years in middle school as someone who isn’t catholic and that sure killed a lot of my spirit. haven’t been to mass since, thank god, but reading this brought back a lot of memories and feelings id tried to just push back and never worry about. i’m obsessed with everything about this. the art is jaw dropping, i kept finding myself lingering on pages just looking at how stunning it is. once it’s published these will certainly be used as home and lock screens on my phone.
catherine’s guilt both around religion and her personal life was so well written. it both doesn’t immediately forgive her, leaving her w 0 repercussions on things that she did mess up, but it didn’t completely villainize her. it reminded the reader that she’s human and that she made a mistake and that has consequences, but it won’t destroy her life.
the side characters were also so well fleshed out!!! i loved how we got good chunks of their story without taking away from catherine at all.
i do also like how ambiguous it all is. how it can be a bit open ended if you think about it a bit.
the isolation that catherine put herself through is something very familiar to me and i really loved how it was written. you could understand catherine as she literally had demons in her mind but you also see how it’s affecting her friends and boyfriend. it really showed both sides just so, so well.
i think that the beauty of the art really tied everything together perfectly. it created an atmosphere of eye candy, in a way, so each page felt addicting to look at, to search the page and see all of the details. i’ve always been a huge fan of that aesthetic, pastel, one-hue type of digital art of messy bedrooms, and this totally fulfilled all of my hopes and dreams for that.
i’ve been talking a lot about the art and such and not about the plot and how personal it is, mainly as to not spoil much, but i just need to say how stunning this book was in every way. i just can’t get over the dialogue, the story, the characters, the relationships. i really and truly felt for catherine in a way that i don’t feel with characters often. a deep and personal thing that made my heart ache a bit. this was absolutely incredible. thank you to the author for this story