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charlieeee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Bullying, Blood, and Vomit
Minor: Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical content, Cannibalism, and Alcohol
amandak87's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Pandemic/Epidemic
pjsans's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, and Fire/Fire injury
bellestallard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Cannibalism, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Fatphobia, Mental illness, and Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Police brutality
spellboundreader'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
If you are on the hunt for a tense and morbid book to read - look no further. Lord of the Flies meets your most disgusting nightmares. I devoured this in a day because I NEEDED answers. This book was worth the heebie-jeebies!
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Murder
alex_e_liddiard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
heartofhorrors's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Self harm, Suicide, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Child abuse, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Sexual content, Alcohol, and War
bluejokie's review against another edition
- 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
4.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Body horror, Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
cryptidenthusiast's review against another edition
1.0
The worms as a concept could have been interesting, but they’re either a threat, or they aren’t.
The cast is a dull mismatch of stereotypes. Meat headed mean jock, ill tempered delinquent, the follower, the cruel “psycho”, and the fat kid (which the author will remind you, REPEATEDLY of. You will not forget that Newton is fat). All I got from this book is apparently young boys are two steps away from losing their minds and turning to cruelty? Very lord of the flies I guess.
Shelley was absolutely not needed. This felt like a tacked on extra threat because the worms themselves weren’t “scary” enough, so there needed to be some unhinged…mastermind, apparently? He was a very methodical psycho for being what, 14? Managing to play every adult and other kid like a fiddle. There’s multiple instances of animal mutilation, but the
And, if you’re curious, there’s over 20 mentions of “piss” or bladders or peeing in this book. Not sure why the author felt we needed that, but it was frequent enough that it was kinda distracting lol.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Violence, Suicide attempt, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fatphobia and Fire/Fire injury
voxlunae'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? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Gore, Self harm, Violence, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Eating disorder, Homophobia, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Cannibalism, and Abandonment