this felt like another gut punch & I really respect it as a rat girl . “If I could have picked what I was born to be, I would be a fat little rat at a fair. When the lights went out, I would scurry around on the ground, rummage through trash cans, and squeak happily with my rat pals. I would live to be about two years old, which is as long as most rats live. I would get my money’s worth out of my little rat lifespan, and I would leave the earth happy to have been there.”

I’m about 10-15% in, and I’m going to DNF this one which is a bummer since it’s such a creative plot. I don’t like the constant POV shifts, and I’m already annoyed by our MC & her relationship with her fiancé. The other MC guy also is annoying to me. Based on reviews, they don’t seem to get less annoying. I’m sure some will love this storytelling style and the awesome idea, but for now, I’m moving on.

This was a cool premise, and it started out entertaining enough. I even overlooked the weird ass incest possession fest. From there though, everything continued to go downhill. The same phrases were used repeatedly “gaslights, oily, etc,” and it became super tedious. The book starts off with Noah, but then we switch to his brother’s family while having no background info on these characters which didn’t work for me. There wasn’t much of a plot at that point, and it relied heavily on shock value sex scenes that added little to plot. So paired with the repetitive writing, it got boring. Then, we switch back to Noah, but we get a bunch of random videos/transcripts thrown in which were pretty much all the same. The social commentary wasn’t really done in a unique way, and combined with the writing style, this was a flop to me.

I really enjoyed this, and I felt attached to the characters in a way that I haven’t for a long time. The dialogue felt real, so I loved Ned and Moses’ relationship. I liked how the storylines were weaved together, but I would’ve preferred having less POV’s. I think if the plot was a bit more straightforward with only a few POVs, the characters would’ve had even more depth. I’m also not a fan of the ending, so that kept it from being a 4.5-5 star read for me.

I grew really tired of hearing about farts, but that aside, this was more entertaining and disturbing than what I was expecting. This was definitely a fever dream experience. I think the author was successful in making unlikeable characters, but 1-2 fart jokes would’ve sufficed… 3.5-4 stars though for a few really unsettling scenes.

This was a fun, fast-paced read while also having more substance to it than I expected. It wasn’t really scary to me, but it was entertaining.

I was going w 1 star but I’m actually dropping it to 0.5. The more I think about it, the more annoyed & angry I become lmao