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It's hard for me to rate this because objectively, it's a decent story, but I had a hard time reading this because of how it was written.Firstly, this is tagged horror and there will be mu*der mysteries happening later on, but I can't get over the fact that everything was way too convenient for the MCs. No one was really questioning their changes or weird actions.Secondly, there were loads of offensive stereotype surrounding certain topics that was not handled well and a constant justification of disrespecting og!body just because she was trans. Honestly it would've been better if the author established MC as someone who was close-minded from the beginning. It would've explained his rejection to his body. However, he's portrayed as someone who has a high tolerance for social outcasts so his character inconsistence has to stem from somewhere else. Thankfully the writing stopped focusing on this and more on the mystery plot later, but there's just an innate negativity surrounding the topic that's hard to shake off.To clarify, I'm not seriously accusing the author of anything, maybe it's just the way they write. I'm not sure what their stand is on this, but the meaningless offensive jabs soured my reading experience. It's like reading about China's patriotism or propaganda while they put down other countries for no reason in other novels. Some authors purposely does that to increase view counts and to not have their novels axed on jj, while some are just biased. It's hard to tell. Anyway, it's overboard and overdone.I had high hopes for it but it just isn't as I'd initially hoped for a novel that was parachuting itself on dark psychology. I have to admit the author does write well. It'd have been so much better for me if it was just a thriller "campus" romance without the extra plot devices. If you weren't put off by the writing you'd probably enjoy this.