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Off Season: The Unexpurgated Edition by Jack Ketchum

8 reviews

benwoll's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, Torture, Sexual content, and Gore

reddarko's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.5

Not a fan of the weird sex stuff and Ketchum's "woman was obviously written by a man" writing. It was intriguing for sure but not a favorite and not something I would personally recommend 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Sexual assault, Violence, Murder, Sexual content, and Child death

debbiesf's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Cannibalism, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Torture, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Murder, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, and Vomit

mblanke's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Child death, Kidnapping, Gore, Sexual violence, Murder, Incest, Stalking, Rape, Cannibalism, Sexual content, and Death

Moderate: Misogyny, Alcoholism, and Body horror

shubh_reads_constantly's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

BLAND. SOOOOOO BLAND. I'll say that this one was actually the weakest novel I have read which features cannibals. And I say features because half of the book doesn't even focus on the cannibals. The first and the second sections of the novel tell us about the life and struggles our characters (who are going to be butchered) have to face in the world. How they think that the person they are dating is not better than the previous person they dated. I DIDN'T LIKE THAT!!!! WHY SHOULD WE KNOW THIS STUFF IF THESE PEOPLE ARE ABOUT TO BE KILLED IN THE NEXT FEW CHAPTERS????  

I am not saying that this is a bad book. It's a good book. But why the unnecessary character development? And what was the purpose of introducing cops in the story? They have no roles in this novel until 90% mark. And that too was kind of unnecessary. Still the parts which DID focus on the cannibals were great. Perfect actually. Which is why I said it's a good book . I hope the next book in the series is better. 3.5 Body fluid lathered stars 🌟🌟🌟✨

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual content, Body horror, Sexual violence, Vomit, Murder, Child death, Blood, Death, Gore, Violence, Sexual harassment, Torture, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Animal death and Animal cruelty

Minor: Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Fatphobia, and Excrement

aziegle9's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child death, Death, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

boris's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Cannibalism, Death, Excrement, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Incest, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

leahmonroe's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.25

 On the plus side, I got to engage with all the main characters, which was great. I definitely noted in my mind even at the very beginning of reading this, that the thought streams of characters, such as Carla's or Marjie's, and their thought processes laid out to us are actually intriguing and were some of the best parts of this novel for me, strangely.

The plot overall was also alright, just like the writing, keeping in mind that it was Jack Ketchum's first ever book. I really appreciated the Afterword of his and the short story Winter Child in my edition, definitely made me acknowledge its worth more, knowing what the book went through during the whole publishing process. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Gore