Plain Bad Heroines written by Emily M. Danforth is pitched as gothic horror comic like The Haunting of Hill House meets The Favorite. This was sufficient to have my consideration, yet the plot itself takes me to like it one step further. The story weaves from 1902 to longer than a century later to focus in on a cast of 字符 who are associated with the apparently cursed Brookhants School for Girls.
1902年， 学校 is controlled by Libbie Brookhants. Two students, Flo and Clara, go to this school when they become charmed by Mary MacLane’s writing and each other before their tragic death, leaving Libbie to manage the consequence and the school’s eventual shutting. The Novel explain Libbie’s own backstory and relationship with her partner Alex too. Longer than a century later, Merritt Emmons composes a novel named The Happening at Brookhants, which is then set to be adapted into a film. Entertainers Harper and Audrey Wells are given a role as Flo and Clara, which at last sets up the various timetables the novel explore and makes the ways for Brookhants once more.
《普通坏女主角》对我来说是一本很棒的读物。这本书就像一个故事套着一个故事，突出了 图书 书中也有书，电影里也有电影。这听起来似乎是一个复杂的概念，可能难以理解，但实际上并没有想象中那么令人望而生畏。我认为小说的描绘和写作有助于避免可能的混淆。我非常喜欢小说如何真实地与读者互动。它运用了大量的旁白，我觉得这很酷。节奏和流畅度也很棒。丹佛斯当然夸大了幽默的视角，但巧妙地将其与更隐晦、更令人毛骨悚然的场景相结合。《布鲁克汉茨》非常具有环境感，看到那里的所有故事真的很有趣。我喜欢很多角色，尤其是主角三人组：梅里特、奥黛丽和哈珀。这部小说中许多突出的角色都是女同性恋，但丹佛斯也融入了一段萌芽中的女同性恋多角恋关系。阅读这段关系是如何构建和展开的，真是令人愉快。
我还只想指出，Sara Lautman 用她的艺术作品完全扼杀了它。 这是惊人的，毫无疑问有助于强调丹佛斯正在创造的气氛。
Emily M. Danforth 这本书给我留下了深刻的印象。 她的写作风格吸引了读者，故事本身也非常迷人。 我强烈推荐给任何喜欢 sapphic dark community 的人！！
