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The Chalk Man by C.J. Tudor

40 reviews

4lexa's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

3.5

An excellent, fast-paced mystery with interesting, multifaceted characters.  The plot twists are exactly what I look for in a thriller!  I would recommend reading the trigger warnings beforehand.  The Eddie SA scene was unneccesary in my opinion.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Violence, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

arthur_pendrgn's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

3.0

 

I liked it and I didn't, so I'm settling on a three. Suspenseful, creepy, and thrilling--yes. Somewhat difficult to follow when tying all of the threads together & reminiscent of Stephen King--also yes.

 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Mental illness, and Gore

Minor: Animal cruelty, Dementia, Animal death, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

bexsur's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Death, Violence, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Grief, Sexual assault, and Rape

Moderate: Abortion, Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Animal death, Bullying, Dementia, Body horror, Blood, and Adult/minor relationship

wylovat's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Dementia, Car accident, Murder, Abortion, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Death, Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Religious bigotry, Bullying, Animal death, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Suicide, Police brutality, Rape, and Death of parent

oddoneo's review against another edition

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship

ambersbakesandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Alcohol

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, and Abortion

Minor: Car accident, Cancer, and Adult/minor relationship

gellyreads's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Violence

theknitterwithabook's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

To assume is to make an ass out of "u" and "me".

The novel travels back and forth between 2016 and 1986. It's time for those five friends to uncover the truth.

This was my first novel from C.J. Tudor and I am hooked! This is a thriller you hurry to finish because you have so many questions. I loved that the characters were flawed and they kept "assuming" who did what and who was the killer and then it's thrown in their face they are wrong.

It keeps you second guessing everything! I love theorizing about the ending throughout my reads and I am please to say that I was wrong all along. The author made me believe and avenue right until the end. AND THE ENDING! OMG! I would never have thought that!

It just came short of 5 stars as I feel that some loose ends needed fixing and we were left without answers. But overall, this was a great story! I gasped at some memories of the main character, I flipped through the pages faster than ever and couldn't put the book down.

Spoiler

If you've read the book, please tell me I'm not the only one who thought Eddie was sleep walking and might have killed Elisa during one of those episode. Even after Chloe left, when he wanders in the woods and awake in his bed with his pajamas full of dirt, I was convinced he had sleep walked and killed Chloe. Anyway! I'm glad it wasn't the case. But the head he kept in the end! Gross!! It's made clear that he steals rubbish from everyone, but a head!!! That was too far for me! hahaha!

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Dementia, and Mental illness

Minor: Abortion

glut's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Child abuse

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship and Abortion

Minor: Suicide, Child abuse, Addiction, Mental illness, Pedophilia, and Death of parent

mysterymom46's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Murder, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Terminal illness, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Physical abuse, Adult/minor relationship, Pregnancy, Gore, Self harm, and Child abuse

Spoiler

mentions and experiences of early onset Alzheimer’s; SA on page; prejudice of a person’s physical appearance; incidents of relations between young girls and older men; dismemberment; graphic scenes of physical abuse among minors