Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Such an intense read but highly recommend the ENDING i sat there in shock when Lord Luckenbill brought out the ring tbf i didnt trust him but still and some of the surgical scenes in this were so detailed it made it such an uneasy read but so compelling i was so happy that Silas and Dauphine and Mary escaped at the end also kinda got this odd gut feeling with the mask men that one of them was george and i KNEW IT . so mad that he turned out to be so awful and no reprochassions for him in the end this book destroyed me but in a good way just wanted to give Silas a hug also the dynamic between Silas and the groundskeeper i died that was the only thing keeping me sane through that crazy scene with headmaster literally about to fucking cut open mary and drill into her skull jeez was just a lot to take it but really really good read - definitely look at the warnings and take them seriously before reading
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Transphobia, Violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
i’m so confused absolutely love the netflix series, found this a bit too dark with not enough lead up to events, since i’ve watched the show i was able to follow but i know if i hadn’t i’d have found it a bit much, just in general a bit much to read some parts might just equally be because i don’t read any kind of dark-horror
also the police/not police/IDK what was that????? WHY did they attack james and what was up with satanic cult storyline can’t tell if it was meant to be a police brutality type of mesage within the book or just there for the sake of it???? same goes with alyssa at the end slitting james into her arm,- feel a lot was just done for the sake of a gasp and not actually to further the plot
loved!!!! - went into this not knowing it was going to be a enemies to lovers with scotty and irene and got all nervy thinking we were going to be forgiving Tally and having to like them together in a relationship!!! - the characters in this actually acted sane and normal (even the public acts of love i could get behind) a lot of the time when i read books like this i HATEEEE the characters cause they act like complete idiots - was very happy with them not being idiots and acting in a way which makes sense for their character and isn’t just completly stupid - fab quick read :))
also im a sucker for some fake dating -> actually developing feelings
aswell scotty for the first maybe 150 pages HATEDDDD she has growth in the right direction but girlie needs a hug and i feel realistically her and irene together at the end doesn’t make sense, i feel she should take a break, and then later they can retry but still LOVED
was okay, enjoyed how she didn’t actually get with will at the end he’s ugly and loves cricket and calls his dad father just a big ick tbh so made me a happy chappy x
enjoyed :D not really read any sort of thrillers in a while so was a nice wee change, to an extent expected the plot twist but still AMAZE !!!! didn’t know exactly how it was going to pan out but had a sneaky suspicion
raging though that granny lizzie wasn’t actually just a little old lady :((((
was giggling at alex he thinks he’s all awesome and hard and dat but in reality hes ugly and fat and literally not attractive hate when he growls and thinks he’s sexy he’s not but also read the entire book in one sitting (incl the bonus chapter i had to download) :(