The St. Ambrose School for Girls

I DNF'ed this and am giving it one star which is very unusual for me. Normally with DNFs I will give them at least two Because I feel like I haven't given them the benefit of the doubt. However, this author has done NO RESEARCH into the subject of her writing.

As a person who went to boarding school and was kicked out for trying to kill myself, I feel uniquely positioned to have an enhanced perspective on this topic given that that is what this main character's whole MO is. The plot is rife with holes and over-simplifications (gasp! Someone will discover I'm on lithium! Gasp! I cant even look at the bottle of Tylenol! I have to take my long sleeves off and everyone is going to see my scars!) The author does not treat the topic with the respect that it is due, and she obviously didn't do any character research. Beyond that, this book is billed as dark academia. It is not. Just because something is set in a school does not make it part of the genre.

An insensitive, problematic, shitty book.