Oh my. This was quite the ride.
When I started this, I was thinking “oh is this going to be like pretty little liars”, but it was so much better!
Thriller isn’t really my genre. Even in this one, I ended up predicting way too many twists. The genre itself doesn’t give me a lot.
This story, however, is very much the opposite. It made me deeply uncomfortable sometimes, but in such an important way for me as a white person reading about racism.
Even though the twists in the story didn’t build tension, everything else did. The unfolding darkness just captures you.
The characters were so beautifully queer, it was wonderful. While speaking about homophobia, also casual homophobia, really well, it also showed the beautiful nature of being queer. Even with the homophobia hitting hard, it never once make you feel bad for being queer, but instead just fired my pride for my identity.
When it comes to our main characters, it took me a pretty long time to warm up to Chiamaka. I still feel like I don’t know all that much about her. Devon, however, I immediately adored. Their perspectives are so different and it works so well to get a broad view of the story.
In conclusion: I really loved this story. How it slowly unfolded and kept getting bigger, and how it never bored me just a little and just captured you whole.
When I started this, I was thinking “oh is this going to be like pretty little liars”, but it was so much better!
Thriller isn’t really my genre. Even in this one, I ended up predicting way too many twists. The genre itself doesn’t give me a lot.
This story, however, is very much the opposite. It made me deeply uncomfortable sometimes, but in such an important way for me as a white person reading about racism.
Even though the twists in the story didn’t build tension, everything else did. The unfolding darkness just captures you.
The characters were so beautifully queer, it was wonderful. While speaking about homophobia, also casual homophobia, really well, it also showed the beautiful nature of being queer. Even with the homophobia hitting hard, it never once make you feel bad for being queer, but instead just fired my pride for my identity.
When it comes to our main characters, it took me a pretty long time to warm up to Chiamaka. I still feel like I don’t know all that much about her. Devon, however, I immediately adored. Their perspectives are so different and it works so well to get a broad view of the story.
In conclusion: I really loved this story. How it slowly unfolded and kept getting bigger, and how it never bored me just a little and just captured you whole.