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A review by kathy_reads
Mayhem by Estelle Laure
4.0
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The Lost Boys meets Wilder Girls in this supernatural feminist YA novel.
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Trigger warning for the book:
- rape
- abuse
- suicide (mentioned, but not shown on page)
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Mayhem and her mother Roxy move back to her mother's place of birth, where her sister lives with her kids. It doesn't take long for Mayhem to sense that something is very wrong and that her new family isn't telling her everything. The people from the town bring offerings to their house, there's a crazy amount of crows sitting all over the farm, and there's a kidnapper that snatches young girls away on the beach.
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If that intrigues you, you should totally pick up the book when it comes out on the 14th this month!
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My review:
The beginning of the book confused me very much, so much that I actually made a mind map to figure out who is who. I think what threw me off the most was that Mayhem, our main character doesn't say "mom" to her mother, but is calling her by her first name. But once that was finally settled I could start to enjoy the book.
I love that every character is really different and not all of them had the same attributes. But, Neve really got on my nerves. You knew pretty much from the beginning that something was off and that the family was hiding something, but Neve was the one always teasing with some information or was saying stuff along the lines of "Can we finally tell her now?", and every time someone would intervene and Mayhem didn't get the information she wanted. That happened several times and started to drive me nuts.
I love the whole beach setting and the scenery in general was very nice!
The plot and pace were pretty nice as well.
The trigger warnings I listed already have been playing a pretty big role in the book, especially the rape and abuse part, so if you don't want to read about those things, because you get to experience them with the character in the book, then please stay away from this book, it was very hard for me to read it, so if any of those affect you, please stay away from this book.
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I still enjoyed this book a lot, even though I was annoyed a good chunk of the book because of Neve.
4/5 stars
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The Lost Boys meets Wilder Girls in this supernatural feminist YA novel.
•
Trigger warning for the book:
- rape
- abuse
- suicide (mentioned, but not shown on page)
•
Mayhem and her mother Roxy move back to her mother's place of birth, where her sister lives with her kids. It doesn't take long for Mayhem to sense that something is very wrong and that her new family isn't telling her everything. The people from the town bring offerings to their house, there's a crazy amount of crows sitting all over the farm, and there's a kidnapper that snatches young girls away on the beach.
•
If that intrigues you, you should totally pick up the book when it comes out on the 14th this month!
•
My review:
The beginning of the book confused me very much, so much that I actually made a mind map to figure out who is who. I think what threw me off the most was that Mayhem, our main character doesn't say "mom" to her mother, but is calling her by her first name. But once that was finally settled I could start to enjoy the book.
I love that every character is really different and not all of them had the same attributes. But, Neve really got on my nerves. You knew pretty much from the beginning that something was off and that the family was hiding something, but Neve was the one always teasing with some information or was saying stuff along the lines of "Can we finally tell her now?", and every time someone would intervene and Mayhem didn't get the information she wanted. That happened several times and started to drive me nuts.
I love the whole beach setting and the scenery in general was very nice!
The plot and pace were pretty nice as well.
The trigger warnings I listed already have been playing a pretty big role in the book, especially the rape and abuse part, so if you don't want to read about those things, because you get to experience them with the character in the book, then please stay away from this book, it was very hard for me to read it, so if any of those affect you, please stay away from this book.
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I still enjoyed this book a lot, even though I was annoyed a good chunk of the book because of Neve.
4/5 stars