A review by zarap
Cherish Farrah by Bethany C. Morrow

challenging dark tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I have lot of conflicted feelings about this book - while it's not long by any means, I think it would've been greatly improved by making the first half about half as long. I spent what felt like a very long time being pretty sure I knew what was coming (and I did) and just slogging along with the uncomfortableness of it all while the plot twiddled its thumbs. And yet Morrow does social commentary SO well, and once things picked up around the 65% mark I had a much better time (despite having to skip through one scene because it was too descriptively gory even for me). I was also pretty pleased with how the ending turned out - not perfect, but definitely more satisfying than I'd feared. I nearly dnf'd this several times and I'm glad I didn't. 
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