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Rouge by Mona Awad
3.5
dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Found this a bit more slippery than Bunny, which was so entrancing and so able to hold up to intense scrutiny regarding what was Actually happening. I found the lack of being able to “decode” events a bit disappointing, and, to be honest, the conflation of words slightly annoying at times. 

But, and it is a very big one (for me), thematically this was more intriguing and compelling than Bunny, so it managed to carry it away and through very easily, in the end. And I am always a sucker for the unhinged, I find. Mostly, the sole let down is my expectations, since Bunny is an all time favourite and (I think?) what introduced me to this little, but growing, sub-genre, conflagration of a tropes… whatever exactly this I kind of lit is.