ben_readz_books's Reviews (413)

challenging emotional inspiring tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I felt like the beginning was a little rushed, and I didn’t understand why Taylor never thought to tell her dad what was going on when it could’ve helped them a lot. Otherwise though, this was a very enjoyable book. I absolutely love the dynamics between the three main characters. They are so sweet.

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dark reflective sad tense
Diverse cast of characters: No

I wish I could I rate this higher. On paper, it’s totally up my alley: religious cults, eldritch horror, childhood friends to lovers, etc. But something about it just isn’t working for me; I’m having a hard time actually connecting with the story. It might be because we’re doing a Christian death cult, but not actually deconstructing anything? It’s kind of just like “whoops guess they were a death cult, well how do we defeat them?” Without any of the inner turmoil from the kid who was raised to believe it and now has to come to terms with his unbelief. Idk, I think it’s still a decent book. If you like cult horror you’ll probably enjoy it. It’s just not for me unfortunately.
slow-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging emotional informative reflective
adventurous emotional mysterious sad
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
challenging dark emotional inspiring sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes

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