ocean_the_reader's review
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
The way the author/main characters bash all people who listen to true crime rubbed me the wrong way (as I am a person who does listen to true crime podcasts). Like they made no exceptions. The podcast hosts/fans in this book were terrible, and I'm sure that was the point, however they could have specified that they meant that specific podcast. Plus the mystery ended being super anti-climatic and boring. The book felt too long.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Stalking, Murder, and Death
thewildmageslibrary's review
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Murder, Blood, Toxic relationship, Death, Religious bigotry, Emotional abuse, Stalking, Mental illness, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Vomit, Car accident, and Alcohol
nickoliver's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
It started out pretty promising, I enjoyed what I was writing, but it went off the rails after a certain point. The truth was obvious from pretty much the beginning - -, and the characters were irriating and frustrating, especially Lucy. Definitely had a better synopsis than it ended up being, I was a bit disappointed.
Spoiler
I mean, come on, three girls in the synopsis but only two POVs? There was no way Maggie was going to be harmless
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Bullying, Murder, Religious bigotry, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Domestic abuse, and Violence
Minor: Infidelity
shadowspinner's review
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- 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? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Kidnapping
b10tch's review
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.75
Pretty good. Saw the plot twist coming pretty early, but I wasn’t mad about it
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Emotional abuse
libscote's review
dark
emotional
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
3.5
This is a thriller about a girl who is the last survivor of a serial killer and what happens when a podcast tries to set up a contest about finding that killer's bones. I appreciated the way the author tackled the way these podcasts can be very exploitative. There's another girl, Caroline, who has been emotionally abused by her father and is worried about her own rage. Is the canyon playing tricks on their mind? Who knows?
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence
lildark1's review
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Thanks to Netgalley and HarperCollins Publishers for this ARC in exchange for a review.
This was a really good horror read. It centers around three young women; Lucy, Carolina, and Maggie with the chapter POV switching between Lucy and Carolina. These three women come from very different walks of life, each with secrets of they are struggling not to let consume them. They come to Cloudkiss Canyon to participate in a podcast hosted event that centers around the search for a serial killer’s bones. Things begin to be vandalized, people turn up hurt and missing and fingers begin being pointed at each other, specifically Lucy who was almost the killer’s last victim before disappearing into the fog that engulfs the canyon and Carolina who on the outside is a beautiful popular girl that is struggling with a darkness that she thinks has already gotten a taste for blood.
Page turner does not even begin to cover this book. The entire time I was bouncing back and forth wondering if it was Carolina, if the serial killer was alive, was it his ghost, was it someone else entirely? I was hooked all the way to the end. As someone that is a huge true crime buff I did like the view this put on podcasts that sensationalize killers and the Reddit boards that can bring dangerous individuals together who bond over their admiration of the killers. There is no denying that while quite a few podcasts do try and bring attention to victims and make their story known, there are even more that glorify the gore and violence.
All in all a very good read.
This was a really good horror read. It centers around three young women; Lucy, Carolina, and Maggie with the chapter POV switching between Lucy and Carolina. These three women come from very different walks of life, each with secrets of they are struggling not to let consume them. They come to Cloudkiss Canyon to participate in a podcast hosted event that centers around the search for a serial killer’s bones. Things begin to be vandalized, people turn up hurt and missing and fingers begin being pointed at each other, specifically Lucy who was almost the killer’s last victim before disappearing into the fog that engulfs the canyon and Carolina who on the outside is a beautiful popular girl that is struggling with a darkness that she thinks has already gotten a taste for blood.
Page turner does not even begin to cover this book. The entire time I was bouncing back and forth wondering if it was Carolina, if the serial killer was alive, was it his ghost, was it someone else entirely? I was hooked all the way to the end. As someone that is a huge true crime buff I did like the view this put on podcasts that sensationalize killers and the Reddit boards that can bring dangerous individuals together who bond over their admiration of the killers. There is no denying that while quite a few podcasts do try and bring attention to victims and make their story known, there are even more that glorify the gore and violence.
All in all a very good read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
laynemandros's review
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Toxic relationship, Violence, Ableism, Grief, Car accident, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Blood, Death, Murder, Vomit, and Panic attacks/disorders
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