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Camp Slaughter by Sergio Gomez

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eriinmaureenn's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

1.0

I hate this book. But also I couldn't DNF it because I was so angry and wanted SOMETHING to go right... right? Wrong.

This cannibal is invincible?! He was shot twice, had an ax in him, and who knows what else yet he STILL survived?! Basically, everyone died. The people who had the opportunity to shoot him all missed. The gore was DISGUSTING. The cannibal could see ghosts and he has super-sonic hearing. And you're going to tell me this BIG DUDE who apparently has the mental capacity of a second grader can fit through windows in a cabin and has enough awareness to have an alternate personality that is smart and knows to set the camp on fire so he can leave. We got a glimpse of him living a normal life and going to work for what? For no reason. It was irrelevant to the book. OH AND THEN HE GOT AWAY. Two people survive him and he still gets away.

Dumb. I hate this book

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luisaveras's review against another edition

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adventurous dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

A easy to read, fun slasher!

Paced just like a horror movie. We start with a scare and move on to a new group about to have a bad time. The killer is built with trauma, some un-natural traits and it's mysteries. The "victims" are not developed much and make "dumb" decisions that will frustrate you, but some are kind folk I would have liked to spend more time with. I do think a bit of the supernatural talk was not needed, but did not bother. The setting is great as we are in the fresh and green woods that is suddenly very scary to move around. And of course, you got gory kills!

Ready for the sequel!

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booksofautumn's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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tysbooks's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

The title gives a perfect description of what this book is about. This follows a group of young adults at a secluded cabin with a crazed killer that slaughters hikers for fun and for food and it is the perfect Fall/Halloween vibe book. I thought this was very entertaining and right up my alley in terms of what I look for in horror. It's fast paced, very graphic and some moments left me with my mouth hanging in pure disgust, but I liked it. I did like the fact that we got the perspective from the killer and seen some of the action from their eyes. I was hoping that this would have done something more original, but it felt very typical with your everyday horror, cannibal, slasher type of movie out there. I don't think this will be for everyone, but if you like the more graphic side of horror I think you would enjoy this.

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bf9288's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

This over all was a good . Egnacio was completely scary and the gore and death was awesome! Some of it was a bit cheesy but that’s what I love about slashers . For me it was a bit challenging to follow so many different characters and POV. I enjoyed the book over all.

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taylor_turton's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This was a very fast-paced read! Around the beginning I did find some typos which threw me off the story a little - being an English teacher all the time apparently.

I really like the action in this story but I was also saying “nah I wouldn’t do that - go the other way” and did frequently call some of these characters stupid.

Not sure if I really enjoyed the ending though…

The plot was well thought out. I didn’t really like the back story for Ignacio and sympathising with his character at all! How come he hasn’t been caught? Wouldn’t the police have combed the woods or ‘camp slaughter’ with all these missing campers? Seems sus to me 🤷‍♀️

Pumped for Sergio Gomez’s next book set to come out this year! I want to know what happens next 🙃

Also - please check out the content warnings for this book before reading!

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shereadytoread's review against another edition

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dark fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No

3.0

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cyanide_latte's review

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dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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lgriffin1's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I felt there was extraneous character-focused exposition. I could have felt the same about two of the characters if there had been a few pages total about them and what they were doing. In the end, it didn't matter very much, and their chapters are the ones that I felt dragged the most and slowed the book down. But otherwise, I felt the story had dynamic characters whose flaws helped drive the plot of the book. Overall, I really enjoyed it and look forward to the next one in the series once it's written.

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molsreads's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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