Plain Bad Heroines

War total begeistert beim Lesen, brauchte etwas, um am anfang reinzukommen, aber die Geschichte, Charaktere und die mystische, verfluchte Stimmung von Brookhants hat mich ziemlich gefesselt. Überlege mir eine Yellowjacket als tattoo stechen zu lassen.

4⭐️ — I really enjoyed this book! It’s weird, clever, and completely dripping with atmosphere. The dual timelines (Brookhants School in 1902 and the modern-day film crew) were so fun to jump between, and the narrator’s little asides made it feel like they were telling me a ghost story directly. The sapphic vibes? Perfect. The gothic orchard setting? Creepy and gorgeous. And the illustrations? I loved them — they made the whole thing feel even more like an old, cursed book you’d find in a dusty library. That said, it wasn’t quite a 5⭐️ for me. The middle got a bit too slow and meandering, and sometimes I had to push myself to keep going. But even then, the writing was so lush and the tone so unique that I never wanted to put it down completely

Der Plot ist ganz fantastisch und diese Art von Horror/ Mystik entspricht genau meinem Geschmack. Jedoch sind manche Sequenzen einfach vieeeel zu weit ausgeholt und mMn unnötig in die Länge gezogen. Viele mögen sowas aber auch deshalb: wer Horror, Absurdität und lange Geschichten mag, gerne lesen.