THIS BOOK IS SO GOOD!

- This book is creepy AF, atmospheric, and disturbing.
- the writing is brilliant, so beautiful and captivating.
- it has a very three-dimensional and flawed main character, and I absolutely rooted for her the entire time.
- the villains are so effective because even in this setting where it's not clear if there's ghosts or magic or other supernatural things going on, the villains are manipulative, abusive, disgusting men that you could find anywhere in the world and anytime in history.
- very frustrating but interesting depiction of eugenics
- a fascinating exploration of sexism and colonialism

- my only small issue with this is that I got a bit annoyed with Naomí, the main character, because she basically figured out what was going on and someone basically confirmed that she was right, but she couldn't put the last pieces of the puzzle together. Also, what needed to happen at the end was evident from the 50% mark and I was getting a bit impatient with Naomí at the end because it took her a while to realize it.