hexyy's review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
latrian_scholar's review
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
alyssathinkstoomuch's review
I love a good satire, and this is, in some ways, a good satire. It's basically lord of the flies in suburbia, with middle-aged middle-class people instead of british schoolboys. My main sticking point is the title character. Mr Robinson is supposed to be a horrible person, and that comes across in many different scenes that fit the plot and tone, but the author also makes the main character (a teacher, mind you) a pedophile. All comedy, but especially satire, needs to punch up to be funny and thought-provoking. You can't satirize pedophilia, nor is its inclusion in this story making any sort of commentary beyond "pedophiles are bad people".
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pedophilia and Murder
Moderate: Gore
Minor: Cultural appropriation
heavenlypit's review
dark
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
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