this books feels like a parody, almost, of dark academia. really just didnt work for me :/ one bit where i felt that it really shined was the descriptions of nyc, those were extremely well written and made me feel like i was there (and ive never been to nyc so thats a pretty cool achievement)!!

patrick’s death needed to happen much earlier in the story, with it happening so far in it felt like absolutely nothing was happening. also: ann and rachel needed to be queer. as i was reading i was getting enough ~vibes~ that i was like “hmm.. this feels sapphic” and couldnt help putting that sort of reading in. also leo is a piece of cardboard masquerading as a man. im sorry he just had no personality