jdegara

"I’m not sure how to feel about this one. The prose is undoubtedly beautiful, but it felt almost smug, too self aware. The plot twist / reveal at the end felt cheap to me. Cyrus is so insufferable and I’m not sure if he’s meant to be, or if he’s th..." Permalink

"I really enjoyed Mottley’s second novel, but unfortunately, this one suffers in the fact that it’s a debut. The writing style is beautiful but overly flowery, trying to make every single line into a punchy metaphor, which takes away from any empha..." Permalink