288 pages
English language
Published June 11, 2023 by Random House Publishing Group.
While the book was an enticing read, I couldn't help but feel a little dissatisfied at the ending. I wanted things to wrap pin a different way, but maybe it was never going to be possible.
Take a moment to read the end blurb from the author. You can see the parallel as you read the book and most people would guess what it's about, but was still interesting to get confirmation.
4.5/5
This has been one of the strangest stories I’ve read in a while. It was so abstract and so creepy, like I couldn’t quite grasp the wrongness that was lurking within the words. It’s so hard to put into words how unnerved I felt reading it and yet I didn’t want to put the book down!
It really kept me guessing as to what was happening, how real were the horrors the characters faced? How much of it was a lie? How much did they lie to themselves? I did have a good idea before the end, and yet it still managed to surprise me. It was very well done, and it makes perfect sense when you read the final notes from the author at the end. It truly is a horror in many ways.
My only complaint was the too neatly tied up ending. I feel like there …
4.5/5
This has been one of the strangest stories I’ve read in a while. It was so abstract and so creepy, like I couldn’t quite grasp the wrongness that was lurking within the words. It’s so hard to put into words how unnerved I felt reading it and yet I didn’t want to put the book down!
It really kept me guessing as to what was happening, how real were the horrors the characters faced? How much of it was a lie? How much did they lie to themselves? I did have a good idea before the end, and yet it still managed to surprise me. It was very well done, and it makes perfect sense when you read the final notes from the author at the end. It truly is a horror in many ways.
My only complaint was the too neatly tied up ending. I feel like there was a lot of room to show that not everything ends happily, even when you try really hard. But maybe it’s better this way.
Overall, I really enjoyed the weirdness and even though not everything was answered and there were strange choices along the way it was a great book!
Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing for the review copy!
