Ok so reading this is giving me much more context for the failure of Shrines of Gaiety!

This one very similar in that there are multiple threads, characters and perspectives. A writing style that I enjoyed and a much more successful closure and meeting up of those threads at the end. More happened in the build up to the reveal than SoG and the ending wasn't ridiculous as it was in SoG. There were some convenient introductions of brand new characters which always drives me potty because it feels dishonest - you have no chance of guessing the connections if the author isn't giving you the relevant information. I did guess most of the plot points apart from the one where you didn't have the information so that's annoying really.

The stories were all great. A sad collection of girls at the whim of male violence as usual but it didn't bludgeon you over the head with it. Brodie definitely feels like he needs developing a bit more and there are inconsistencies in his world view that felt disappointing at times but interesting to see if they get ironed out in subsequent novels.