While I enjoyed this book and its gothic atmosphere, I think I went into it with too high of expectations that just weren’t met. I wanted horror, gore, something unique and different, and everything was a little too soft and “seen before” for me.

I really liked the overall story and how uncomfortable the book made me at times, either with the characters’ behaviors and actions towards others characters, or the direction the story would take and the way the plot would develop. It made the story shocking, most times not really expecting those things to happen, and it would change our perception of the characters. Even with expected plot twists, those were still told in an interesting way that matched the story’s flow.

The relationship between Roos and Agnes was interesting to read, even if very questionable. I wouldn’t consider this book or their relationship romantic whatsoever, with the way Roos, even being 21, still had a very childish mentally because of her trauma and Agnes being 15 years older, but their relationship was also very based on toxic co-dependency.

The case episodes were the most interesting part to me, and the one that grabbed my attention the most. These were integrated in the book in a way that made sense with Roos’ narration of her story and with these two always going hand in hand. If we learned something in the case episodes, either we would get a continuation of that in Roos’ narration or it would explain something previously mentioned.

I still think it was a pretty fun and interesting book to read, but I just wanted a little more from it.