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Guía del club de lectura para matar vampiros by Grady Hendrix

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featherkayla's review against another edition

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dark 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? No

0.25

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lydiaj1020's review against another edition

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dark tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.25

I have complicated feelings about this book. After digesting this book, I’d say the author is a very skilled writer but a questionable content decision-maker. This book contains all the TW: CSA, SA/R, etc.

I read this book because it was nominated in my book club. It was marketed as a dark comedy, but I was surprised that after the first chapter it was just dark. The suspense was well done, and it had me whip through the book in just a few days (unusual for me).

Some of the plot points are truly horrific, but the author does not present them with gravity, even for events that lead to death. The descriptions of certain traumatic scenes were *choices.* Especially regarding children.

I found the ending all around underwhelming. After the battles Patty leads, this plan felt demeaning in so many ways. I fear the author meant it to be an empowering moment for women. I imagine most people don’t pick up this book for the social commentary, but the characters and character dynamics left me disappointed. (Why is this book club friends? Why would Mrs. Greene plead with these white women? Etc.)

This book does suspense really well though. There were scenes that horrified me in a good way where I couldn’t put the book down. I’d recommend this book for a popcorn read— filling but not nutritious.

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isabootleg's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad 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? It's complicated

3.0

Giving it a 3 because the story moved too slow for my taste. Glad I read it but it was extremely frustrating hearing about the way these woman had to suffer to make it out the other end.

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