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A review by ghiblireads
Absorbed by Kylie Whitehead
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
I absolutely loved this book! It was the perfect weird girl book - it was full of WTF moments perfectly balanced out by serious themes around insecurities, trauma and the anxieties of being a young woman in today’s world. I really liked the writing style and the dark humour worked for me. Allison was an interesting character to follow: at times she was unlikeable and selfish but also deeply relatable. I actually think she did grow throughout the book but in a very strange way. Her childhood and her trauma added another layer to her character and made me feel bad for her. The plot was so bizarre that I don’t think I would be able to describe it to anyone but I loved whatever was going on. It was dark and it got crazier right up until the end. I enjoyed the occult, possession and almost supernatural elements. It really absorbed me (haha) and I couldn’t put it down - I never would have guessed the direction it went in and the ending surprised me. I loved the ambiguity and all the questions it left me with. It was a really clever book that was full of horror and deeper topics that made me think. I adored it.