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What Stalks Among Us by Sarah Hollowell

blewballoon's review against another edition

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dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

Excellent! Spooky teen corn maze book! The power of friendship! Wow, I really enjoyed this. The audiobook narrator does seem to over-enunciate the dialogue and their range of voices was limited, but I was still quite immersed in the story. It was tense, mysterious, spooky, and funny in a balanced way. I appreciated the way it approached subjects like toxic relationships, neurodiversity, and fat phobia. The best part of the book for me was the pure friendship between Sadie and Logan.
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nonamesorgender's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I love this book so much, can not recommend anything more. The story was so beautiful and the concept was so interesting. Author did a amazing job with this book.

jay_mack9712's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

I.... fucking loved this book! I really didn't think so going into it!! But yeah I loved it!! I loved that I listened to it! I think that really set the tone for it being a spooky horror! Because this is a bookclub book... I wont go into details but I loved it a lot !! And listening to it came at the right time for fall!! 

jennyrpotter's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

tashaw's review against another edition

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dark emotional

3.0

krennthief's review

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There’s this review on Goodreads by Renee Godding that I feel like sums up my feelings of how this book reads to me. I know, I know, Goodreads is bad, but they provided some reasonable nuance and clear understanding between representation and activism, as well as shared some opinions on aesthetics that I agreed with:

https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5810221477

Before I even read this review I was finding the narrative voice grating, and this review used the same word to express their similar gripes. It feels steeped in social justice language without seeming to fully appreciate the complete meanings of terms, and I just kind of can’t stand the dialogue itself. On top of that, I like unconventional narrative structure, but it really got into the situation without me feeling any sort of care for the characters. Also I don’t like that Logan, the resident Asian character, got the protag injured in a reckless driving situation??? That felt a little gross to me.

Representation matters in fiction, but it is difficult to enjoy when it feels kind of like social media flavored social justice language being regurgitated back at you in almost checklist form.

annineamundsen's review against another edition

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5.0

4.5 ⭐ loved this one! Two bi friends with ADHD and one of them is fat! Realising you deserve love while being trapped in a freaky paranormal corn maze.

CW: previous abusive relationship, panic attack, murder, death

hanamazing83's review

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

cheyisvibing's review

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4.5

Kind of loved this :'))

justcallmelexie's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0