emmet’s Reviews > Don't Let the Forest In > Status Update

soooo several things have been confirmed for me. Someone isn't real lol. Andrew needs lithium STAT and there's been some added body horror!

The two main characters just had their BIG friend fight. The conversation was a little devastating to read, it really made me feel for Andrew. They're both mutually obsessed and self destructive. The codepencency is soooo soooo strong. They really have no idea how to function outside of each other.

So I'm constantly going back and forth between the monsters being real and not, Andrew is just such an unreliable narrator and I love how it's not 100% obvious. There's a heavy theme of SUPER co-dependency between him and Thomas. I'm almost certain Dove either died or was never real to begin with.

I really like the interactions between Lana and Andrew. I feel like Dove isn’t real or she’s died, I feel like Lana is maybe trying to become a replacement for Andrew. Not necessary as another sister but another person that could be part of Andrew’s small support group. I like Lana a lot. Bonus points cus she’s asian :)

I like it so far, it is glaringly YA but that's not a bad thing. I did get second hand embarrassment during their class with Clemens. Why do the teachers have so much power here? It doesn't make too much sense tbh. This is a boarding school for rich kids and why aren't parents raising hell over abusive teachers? That part takes me out a little and I know a lot of medias do this to really isolate characters but....

interesting so far but clearly YA in writing, which I knew going in but it’s been a while since I read YA anything..