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amethystandherbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Homophobia, and Blood
Moderate: Suicide attempt
Minor: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, and Murder
anniefwrites's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
I really liked the art style and the 1980s setting, but I think this was just too violent for me. I'm not a huge sci-fi reader; I liked the time travel aspect but would have preferred less of the monster/alien aspect , which is just personal preference. I understand that the homophobia is part of the time period, but it was a little hard to read at times.
Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Homophobia, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, and Kidnapping
emily_mh's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-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
4.25
This was an absolute trip. As a reader I was definitely thrown in the deep end, but the MCs also had no idea what was happening, so I kind of enjoyed the confusion? The plot of the story was unique, but it also has some great Stranger Things vibes. I also really liked the colour palette. All in all, I’m really intrigued to see what happens next.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Homophobia, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Ableism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Excrement, Antisemitism, Kidnapping, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol