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markettt99's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Blood, and Alcohol
caseythereader's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Animal death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Alcohol, and Classism
Minor: Sexual assault
piscespaperbacks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
1.5
Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood
Two scenes with descriptive inclusion of a dead horse fetuscaidyn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Stalking
qraveline's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Drug use, Gore, Infidelity, Rape, and Gaslighting
wardenred's review
- 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? Yes
3.0
Are we really good people, or are we hiding a monster within ourselves that might someday awaken?
Well, this was weird.
At the beginning, the book seemed really promising. The writing and the general vibe reminded me of Rory Powers, an author whose books I've enjoyed a lot. I was looking forward to unraveling this story of an elite summer camp with a murder cult. However, the way the story was constructed didn't really work for me. I think my main issues were pacing and flow. All of it just didn't feel... consistent, I think? Very few things seemed properly foreshadowed, and the transitions between the story beats were the opposite of smooth.
I suppose the author may have been aiming to recreate the teenage emotional experience, in a way. You know how it is, when emotions run wild, and something may feel like the best thing ever one day and the total end of the world the next day. However, I don't think these extremes were handled properly here. It's hard to connect to the character or the plot when everything's so all over the place. One moment the character is all shy and socially awkward and desperate to fit in; then a few chapters in, she suddenly reveals a hidden depth that's supposedly always been there. "Oh, I've always had this hidden side where I make people feel afraid of me" — really? Because it feels like that side spawned into existence randomly when the plot demanded it.
Graphic: Animal death, Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Abandonment
patricktreads's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
I was in shock by the turns through the entire book from opening to those final quarter twists. There were parts that I thought were predictable at first, but then out of nowhere it would flip the complete opposite way.
I do give off one point for no content warnings. This work deals a lot with drinking and assault. I also gave a point off because of frequent the alcohol and drug use of 16 years was. I get it’s a summer camp but that was a bit shocking.
In the end, I did bump it back up to 4 because the content of the story was just so intense and good.
Thank you to #recordedbooks and #netgalley for the audio arc of this book. I would most likely end up purchasing a hard copy of this to read again.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug use, Sexism, Violence, Blood, and Alcohol
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship
avidreaderandgeekgirl's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
The narrator was great. But the story was lacking. I didn't care for the ending. It was a bit gross. Also, it got overly descriptive of the clothing. As well as just falling flat. I mean it was okay and I liked some of the characters, but it was a bit predictable. I saw most of the twists coming. But I liked that it was diverse and most of the characters were lovable, but not the main mc.
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal death, Cursing, Misogyny, Excrement, Stalking, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
readswithrachel's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Alcohol
Minor: Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment