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thegreatandwonderfulbookwitch's review against another edition
This book starts off badly and just gets worse. It objectifies women for seemingly no reason. The sentences are all really short and clunky. There is no horror here, obviously I didn't finish it, but at over half done I should have seen something at least mildly creepy. The writing just is not great.
Graphic: Incest, Pedophilia, and Sexism
lay_kone's review
dark
slow-paced
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Incest, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
ruthypoo2's review
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Though this is a pretty short book, the first 50% is focused on character development. I don’t mind character development, but I didn’t like the four primary characters and didn’t particularly enjoy spending that much time with them - essentially a study in a hedonist young lifestyle with little concern about consequence. And at least one of them seemed to be particularly careless and almost sinister in their disregard for the others.
Once the story transitioned to the characters playing a risky game of hide and seek in an abandoned and notorious local old house, the story became more interesting for me. And there were a few pages of creepy atmosphere, but the eventual direction the story took caught me a little off guard. The second half was fine, and compelling. The story was written really well, I simply didn’t care about the characters.
Once the story transitioned to the characters playing a risky game of hide and seek in an abandoned and notorious local old house, the story became more interesting for me. And there were a few pages of creepy atmosphere, but the eventual direction the story took caught me a little off guard. The second half was fine, and compelling. The story was written really well, I simply didn’t care about the characters.
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Sexual content, Blood, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Gore, Incest, and Grief
xbeforesunrise's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
2.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Violence
Minor: Child abuse, Incest, and Death of parent
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