A review by adiajamille
The Changeling by Victor LaValle

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

I really enjoyed this book, because you never really knew where you were headed next. The story is thrilling, heartbreaking, engaging, mysterious, and so much more. It touches on the real life and how we engage with people when they’re at their lowest, and makes the fantastical horror even more terrifying by how easily it all started, in a realistic way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Vomit, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail