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Maeve Fly by C.J. Leede
2.0

As someone who normally enjoys brutal gorey horror I was unfortunately disappointed with this one.
The beginning is rather slow, stretching on and on as we learn that our protagonist loves Disney and Halloween and hates most people. Her descent into more and more depraved violence is somewhat fun to follow, but unfortunately it did not grip me the way I had hoped. Instead it felt gimmicky and too detached for me to actually be drawn in.
The protagonist's grandmother is the only person I would have liked to know more about and especially the twist in the end is predictable and boring.
+1 star because I did enjoy the beginning a lot and it was fun to read about our detached evil girl protagonist jerking off while preparing to destroy a racist woman's life because she looooves causing drama.
A lot of the novel however is boring and not even the gruesome torture and cool cover could save it.

Tw for (repeated) sexual assault & rape, gore, animal abuse, graphic murder and violence, domestic abuse, drugging, terminal illness, death and grief.