A review by fredsphere
The Bellwether Revivals, by Benjamin Wood
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
| A young working-class man dates a rich girl attending Cambridge. Her brother is a dark triad guy who thinks his music can miraculously heal people. It's Dark Academia and it's got corpses in the first chapter and it's a sibling of other books I love (The Secret History, If We Were Villains -- those books) so I was all set to love this.
I did, right up until I turned the last page and said, "What the heck? It just ended??!!"
Yeah, the ending was abrupt and not what I expected. I sort of get it, the ambiguity, the read-between-the-lines aspect, but still, a bit of a disappointment. 5 stars swerving at the last moment into 4.
I did, right up until I turned the last page and said, "What the heck? It just ended??!!"
Yeah, the ending was abrupt and not what I expected. I sort of get it, the ambiguity, the read-between-the-lines aspect, but still, a bit of a disappointment. 5 stars swerving at the last moment into 4.