Review by splitdice - They Drown Our Daughters

They Drown Our Daughters by Katrina Monroe

2.5

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

this was lowkey the most nothing burger of a book

so ill list some of my gripes here, some more subjective than others

writing style was meh, not bad or good but just kind of there
wouldnt agree with the genres listed. i think its more of a thriller than horror. also, would not list this book at lgbtqia. the main character was in a failing sapphic marriage, but it wasnt really a central part of the plot
a lot of things happened that just . were not explained. and im fine with things happening without a reason if the vibe is right (like spectualtive fiction) but i dont think that was the vibe this book was going for. it was crazy because i thought this book was like 100 pages too long but so much happened that just . wasnt explained or didnt matter
i felt like the core of the mother/daughter concept just wasnt well executed. shrugs

that being said i thought the atmosphere was great. and it wasnt overly bad (again, kind of a nothing burger) but it wasnt good