Hungry ghosts Book

I really liked the writing at the beginning of this book but I really struggled with the themes and the characterisation. Anne-Louise was too much of a dark version of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl (with more manic pixie and less dream). Rachel is constantly passive, as every woman in the novel apparently should be unless they want to be punished. Martin’s story, while supposed to be shocking, is shallow (of course the blame is laid on his mother, is that surprising?). The final fifty pages were extremely rushed and didn’t feel complete.