i mean…. this was fine. incredibly underwhelming.

i was excited at the beginning, but the plot almost felt like a waste of time. we build up to the “horror” and then it’s resolved in like 20 pages, so the rest of the novella is us just following the characters. the thing is tho — it’s a novella. there’s not enough time to develop characters deeply. meaning i don’t really care about them. therefore i don’t really care about what happens to them. therefore i don’t really care about the book. 

like edie was fine.. hannah was intriguing, and everyone else was there. 

the start of this book felt like it was following the pace of a 300 page book; the middle felt like it was racing to the end making it almost anticlimactic; and the ending means nothing to me because we were already told about that ending like 50 pages ago.

sigh i had such high hopes as i had seen so much excitement buzzing for this book. 

novellas often have an issue about pacing, but honestly i think the issue is the plot. because how in the hell do you stretch this to 200 pages or even more. a lot would need to be added and the stakes higher and then ur just completely changing the book.

the actual premise was kinda sick, myocology has always interested me and you know i love my science. but idk this book didnt really get me excited in any way shape or form!