I don’t know, I just thought it was a bit much. It just was a lot for me and apparently I’ve got a bit of a weak stomach. I am talking taking off fingernails, burning matches on a person, cuts. I have a really hard time reading about torture and this goes pretty extreme. What really turned me off about The Merciless was how gory it was. I mean, even right now I am struggling to write about her because she’s not all that memorable. It seems like she is over desperate for acceptance. However, it just seems like she gives into torturing the other student a bit too easily. Sure she has a kind of crush on this character named Charlie. To be frank, I likely would have enjoyed this book more had Sofia been a more relatable character. Sofia is unsure how to proceed, does she go with her gut and save Brooklyn thus placing herself at risk for torture too or does she go along with the cool girls and help get the demon out of Brooklyn. So, Riley along with Grace and Alexis torture Brooklyn in order to exorcise the demon. Riley is one of those girls who is quite self righteous and so, she decides that this classmate named Brooklyn who is a bit emo and goth is evil and has a demon inside her. In her new home in Mississippi, she has made friends with the popular girls, lead by this queen bee named Riley. She’s always been the new girl and has had trouble making friends. Sofia has moved all over the United States because she’s a military brat.
Sure, I rushed through The Merciless and it was a fast read, however, it was also really stomach turning. Unfortunately, the idea of the book was a lot more awesome than the actual book itself. I thought a book about Mean Girls meets The Exorcist sounded like it would be really awesome. I began reading The Merciless by Danielle Vega based on the pink cover and the horror theme.
I think I keep trying to make fetch happen with certain horror books, when clearly they just are not my thing.
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