therivingtonreader's reviews
237 reviews

This was really fun! It was like a goofy 80s horror movie come to life, with it's light-heartedness, silly-looking aliens, and action. It was short but really well paced, and I'd definitely recommend this to others!

It started to get boring and didn't make a lot of sense. The family was so dumb.

This was so fucking good and funny and relatable. No notes at all 👏🏻

As much as I love Alice Feeney's writing and wild plot twists, this one was not a winner for me. I was hooked from the start for sure, and I wanted all the details on everything that was happening, but by the halfway point I was over all the little twists and tiny reveals that were not all that exciting. 

First of all, Edward was obviously a red herring, which is not a problem on its own. He was meant to throw us off the scent of Claire, but he served NO other purpose whatsoever. So why on Earth was there such a graphic rape scene while our main character is in a coma? It served no purpose other than to be gross and hard to read. He had no connection to anyone in the story other than Amber, and served as a tiny bit of filler for Claire's bad behavior. I really think he could've been cut out of the story altogether and it would've been an improvement.

My second biggest complaint is I'm not sure why the choice was made to make a 10/11 year old girl so fatphobic? I know she is a problematic character and obviously has a lot of flaws, but it felt unnecessary that multiple characters, including her mom, were described to be fat and disgusting. I'm also thinking maybe that's a trend in Feeney's writing though, since Madeline was also described to be disgusting and overweight. Overweight/fat characters are not a problem, but maybe we don't need to portray all of them as disgusting, unhealthy, evil people?

 

It's a shame that I didn't like this as much as I'd hoped, because Feeney really knows how to pull you into a mystery. I wanted to know what was going to happen from page 1 and I kept reading because regardless of how I felt about the characters or what was happening, I was still intrigued. 

This is not a book I probably would have picked up on my own, but thanks to the audiobook club I'm in, I had the opportunity to try this out and you know what? I had a pretty good time. It was well written, and the spice was decent. 

The reason I rated this 3 stars and not higher is because the daddy/babygirl dynamic and ownership is typically not my flavor of spice, which is more to do with me than the book lol. Also Yasmina (Jasmine) was a little whiny there in the middle but she got much better by the end.

First of all, thank god for the DCC wiki 😅

How do I even begin to rate this book? I loved it SO FUCKING MUCH. These characters are all so special to me, and Matt Dinniman really pulls on our heartstrings with this one. I was already crying 100 pages in. 

There was just as much gore, silliness, and action in book 7 as I've come to expect with this series, and it did not disappoint. I really can't put into words how incredible this world and story is. If you're considering reading it, just do it. You'll most definitely have your mind blown (no pun intended).

I buddy read this with my bestie and we seriously non-stop texted each other for 2 weeks about it while we read. I'm so glad I have someone to fangirl over this series with 😂