stuck between thinking this is a genius critique of white upperclass sensibilities (satirised to the extreme) OR just a dark romance being masked as a "feminist" slasher book (feminist... maeve is... feminist? she's literally an NLOG internalised misogyny rapist). derivative and overtly referential and so ... SO repetitive. we get it, you're a wolf. kate snapping at maeve reminded me of the scene in ruby sparks where the MC runs into his ex at a party and is confronted with his behaviour, which I liked. maeve is an unreliable narrator for sure -- from the end we can see that her own thoughts can even completely overshadow reality.

also what happened to the girl who she saw near the dolls? just a red herring that never gets resolved...

the hype did fool me. i liked american psycho (the film adaptation -- apologies but i'm not going to read any bret easton ellis lol) and loved spree, a film which has been called "american psycho for the digital age" and I think it captures that essence really well WITHOUT literally being like "omg I'm just like bateman." like yawn. the scenes are already reminiscent of the film (like the scenes where maeve and gideon have sex with others

specifically the rape

or just her general love of Halloween music) without you stating in capital bold font "I AM BEING INSPIRED BY AMERICAN PSYCHO." we get it.