The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer

4.5/5 stars.

I think my brain is broken.

Full review:

I'm a total sucker for unreliable narrators and Unbecoming absolutely takes full advantage of Mara's extremely unreliable narration (and I'm not spoiling anything to say so). I was quoting Mockingjay's “real or not real?” throughout the book, there are twists galore, and the paranormal/supernatural aspect was so perfectly creepy. And I was totally impressed with all of that, and then I reached the end, and now I seriously need the sequels, which I will be buying together. And as an added bonus, I appreciated the incidental diversity integrated into the cast.

My one peeve was more of a writing quirk than anything else: there are a ton of filter phrases, which honestly is something I see all over the place, but I noticed it more than usual for some reason while reading Unbecoming. That said, it in no way ruined the reading experience for me, and it's a super minor flaw that most people probably won't even notice. So.

Unbecoming is twisty, eerie, unintentionally takes advantage of my fear of swamps, and I absolutely enjoyed it. Definitely recommended for those of you who like creepy book with trippy plots that leave you wondering what the hell just happened.