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booksofautumn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
VERY 80s. I was really excited about this one and I ended up being slightly disappointed. Let’s start with things I liked. I love the concept of getting lost in some crazy water park and I love the concept of it being super 80s and I love the slasher theme. I love the descriptions the author used in some of the more gory situations and I like that they didn’t shy away from making the killer impossible to beat. What I didn’t like was that the believability simply didn’t seem there. The plot didn’t fully make sense and there were questions that weren’t ever answered. Also I kind of wish the killer had more personality and motive
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
cyanide_latte's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
It was nice to read another of Cameron Roubique's novels, after how much I enjoyed Disco Death Trap! This book's summary tells you it's an 80s slasher-style horror in theme and tone, and it absolutely delivers on that front! I've been listening to a lot of the fan recordings of 80s slasher movie novelizations done by The 80s Slasher Librarian on YouTube, and Kill River has a lot of the same tone, tension, adrenaline and bloody violence as in those 80s novelizations. I think it's a fun tribute to the genre, an inventive twist on a slasher story (a water park slasher!) and a pretty good read to get hyped for the summer. I'll need to pick up the two sequel novels sometime soon!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
t_higgsreviews's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
4.5 Stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Gore, Blood, Vomit, Stalking, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
cardboardvox's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- 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
A slasher flick presented as a book that takes awhile to get going. The writing is simple, which works super great during the portions of the book with the killer, but not as well at the start; it reads like a mediocre young adult novel until it picks up. I read the final third of the book pretty much in one sitting.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Gore, and Blood
Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Vomit, and Sexual harassment