brgntteva's Reviews (939)

Green Fuse Burning

Tiffany Morris

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

I love a lot of things in this novella. The tactual presence of nature: fungus, mycelium, the pond, animals, rabbits and frogs. The horrific nuance everything takes, you can taste it even. The point on dispossession, of being deprived of your roots, your ancestors, your language. And grief, and not finding life interesting

BUT it's too dense, too verbose to me, the rhythm goes missing mostly and it's a pity cause the elements were all there, to keep you on edge, and it could have been great.

"Life was like a language I couldn't speak"

I'll have to check on everything stelliform press though

The Reveler

Marilynn Harper

3.75

dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

The Hand that Fractures

K.M. Mixon

3.75

dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The Hand that Feeds

K.M. Mixon

4.0

challenging dark tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Absolutely deranged, do not get into it expecting a dark romance, it's horror erotica. Don't think of "morally grey", this one is absolutely black and deranged AF

Did I enjoy it? Yes
Why? I genuinely do not know
Never read anything like it before