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cowbrotherx'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
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Police brutality, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic
lollypopzoo's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
ghostbirds'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
4.5
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Self harm, Violence, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Fatphobia, Gore, Suicide, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, and Murder
Minor: Cursing, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual content, Vomit, Cannibalism, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic friendship, and Alcohol
aemowers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Torture, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
cepbreed'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
Cutter does such a great job characterizing the boys of Troop 52. They make mistakes, they're full of angst and curiosity. The relationships between the boys are complex and I absolutely loved the layers to this. In the first half of the book, I found all of them to be little shits. This continued until the end, but I also realized I was being unfair to these characters. And maybe it was the point to despise them all a little bit.
The structure of this story, traditional chapters intermingled with newspaper articles, interviews, research logs etc was unconventional and I enjoyed it so much. The story wouldn't be the same without it. I read the acknowledgments for once and turns out Cutter was inspired to do this by Stephen King's Carrie, so maybe that will be one of my next reads.
Songs:
- Sick of Being Young - Krooked Kings
- Christmas Kids - ROAR
Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Medical content, Grief, and Alcohol
Minor: Fatphobia and Excrement
jenc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
My roommate loves this book. He's very unsettled by it and I agree, v spoopy, v uncomfy, v no thank you. But...I just really need to read a horror book that commits to an ending. The last 3 have been all hand-wavy and I just want something else.
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Eating disorder, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Suicide, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting
Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Excrement, Vomit, and Alcohol
mommarex1221's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Self harm, Torture, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Mental illness, Excrement, Vomit, and Abandonment
Minor: Alcohol
whatathymeitwas'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? No
3.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Rape
sexualedward'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, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Eating disorder, Gore, Self harm, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Murder, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Torture, Forced institutionalization, Grief, and Cannibalism
Minor: Bullying and Alcohol
mostlyliterate'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? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body shaming, Confinement, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, and Abandonment
Minor: Bullying, Cursing, Homophobia, Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, Excrement, Cannibalism, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol