Adeline
Horror mystery set in New York ravaged by the Covid pandemic and mysterious anti-east Asian racist murders, following Cora a mixed White-Chinese American who works as a crime scene cleaner and is haunted by the hungry ghost of her recently murdered half sister.
This was such an incredible read.
The author’s style was lush and poetic with some great imagery.
The horror moments were really were written and properly gory, and the other non horror scenes sometimes had me gagging in disgust (like there’s a scene with wet hair that’s yucky to me).
I loved the themes of family, supernatural, racism, grief, mental health, media manipulation and police corruption.
I liked the main character, some might find her weak willed but she definitely grew as a character and you can’t help but feel for her. I loved especially the relationship she created with her coworkers.
The main mystery itself was interesting and I liked how it was the supernatural parts were interwoven together, but I wish it was paced a bit better. Some scenes felt a bit superfluous too.
Overall an incredibly well executed horror story that deals with supernatural and real monstrosities.
Horror mystery set in New York ravaged by the Covid pandemic and mysterious anti-east Asian racist murders, following Cora a mixed White-Chinese American who works as a crime scene cleaner and is haunted by the hungry ghost of her recently murdered half sister.
This was such an incredible read.
The author’s style was lush and poetic with some great imagery.
The horror moments were really were written and properly gory, and the other non horror scenes sometimes had me gagging in disgust (like there’s a scene with wet hair that’s yucky to me).
I loved the themes of family, supernatural, racism, grief, mental health, media manipulation and police corruption.
I liked the main character, some might find her weak willed but she definitely grew as a character and you can’t help but feel for her. I loved especially the relationship she created with her coworkers.
The main mystery itself was interesting and I liked how it was the supernatural parts were interwoven together, but I wish it was paced a bit better. Some scenes felt a bit superfluous too.
Overall an incredibly well executed horror story that deals with supernatural and real monstrosities.