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459 reviews
5.0
Will def read the next book when it comes out.
Moderate: Child death, Death, and Grief
5.0
Once again, Hanna Alkaf writes another banger for me. She has quickly become my fave ya author not only because culturally I can connect, but also her writing is just so good. It's a great take on supernatural horror/haunted house (well in this case haunted school) while also discussing heavy topics like sexual assault, r*p*, and PTSD. I enjoyed the characters and the story line flowed well for me. I liked the ending overall, but I wish there was one little thing involving the first missing girl to fully close the story. I did start to tear up at one part towards the end which the author somehow always makes me emotional in her books.
There were very topical and memorable lines toward the last fourth of the book like "How many times have we dismissed a girl because she acts in ways that makes us uncomfortable?" and "Perhaps girls just do what they can to get by. To survive." Plus many more that I even took pics of the pages with the lines on them.
I will def be watching out for what the author writes next because every single thing she has written has been top tier for me.
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Grief, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Rape
4.0
I liked the main characters and the overall story. I also liked the very ending. There was one brief moment that I was like "oh you stupid teen why did you think that would work when it didn't before" but besides that I generally like the main characters. The side characters were also mostly good/enjoyable with a couple exceptions.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Transphobia, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Lesbophobia, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, and Abandonment
3.0
3.25
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
5.0
I will read more from this author for sure.
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Confinement, Kidnapping, Grief, Abortion, and Gaslighting
5.0
Moderate: Death, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
3.0
Absolutely hated Millie's dad and I'm glad how that situation was handled at the end.
But overall the book was just okay. I didn't love everything in it but I didn't hate anything either (except for Millie's dad and Raina's bf and the original mock trial team advisor 😂)
3.0
2.25
I don't love white people writing people of color as solely victims in stories especially when the person doing harm is white in the story. Otherwise not a bad novella, but not one I'd recommend. Was better then the other horror novels I read but still not something that wowed me.
Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, Blood, Vomit, Grief, Cannibalism, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail