Magdalene Nox by Milena McKay: Book Review
From our review: “For thirty years Magdalene Nox has had a dream to seek retribution from the people and place that so callously discarded her. It should have been simple. Except.”
Read moreDark Academia is an aesthetic and subculture concerned with higher education, the arts, and literature, or an idealised version thereof with undertones of the darker, hidden aspects of the culture. It’s about obsession with truth, obsession with perfectionism, obsession with death and beauty. The search for knowledge and uncovering a hidden truth comes at a cost.
From our review: “For thirty years Magdalene Nox has had a dream to seek retribution from the people and place that so callously discarded her. It should have been simple. Except.”
Read moreFrom our review: “It shines a light on the darkness that is so often hidden in the world of academia not only by the abusers but also by faculty, staff, and students just too scared to speak up.”
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