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For Your Own Good by Samantha Downing
3.0
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I loved the premise of this book and enjoyed the school setting. There were definitely some interesting (and messed up) characters...to the point that I don't think I really liked anyone. That didn't necessarily affect my rating. I think it's kind of fun to have characters you don't like and it takes a certain skill for a writer to really accomplish that well and still have the characters be believable.

Honestly, I just found this book kind of boring. There were interesting bits to the plot and some decent plot turns, but somehow it still just felt meh. There was a lot of convenience to the plot and the characters all kind of blended into one another. It became too unbelievable with how many people apparently had the same problems and...skill sets. There just wasn't enough fleshing out of the characters to give them rounded out personalities and logic got tossed out of the window fairly early on.

The read itself is honestly decent. It's a quick moving narrative with short chapters that makes the pages just seem to fly by. I didn't not like it. I just wasn't wowed by anything. It's a good lazy day read or good for a read where you don't want to have to think too hard.