chuibug's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Cursing, Violence, and Mental illness
Moderate: Death
kalzeb's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Injury/injury detail, Violence, and Cursing
Moderate: Animal cruelty and Death
Minor: Alcohol, Car accident, Colonisation, Drug use, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual content, Suicide, and Fire/Fire injury
connorjdaley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
For all intents and purposes, this is an adult Scooby-Doo reimagining. There’s some great Easter eggs, references, and alterations. But I particularly liked that the author changed the characterizations of the meddling kids. Although I did find some of it, like the romance aspect, to feel incredibly forced and weird. Still enjoyed the overall changes though.
13 years after the final case for the Blyton Summer Detective Club, Andy decides it’s time to figure out what went wrong and get the band back together. They are all messed up, and at first I just thought it was going to be a dark story about their combined ptsd, but the story really deviated in at least a somewhat satisfying way. What if they weren’t just meddling kids? What if not every crime had a guy in a mask at the end of it? That’s what this story seeks to show.
My only real gripe for this one is that the climax builds and builds and builds, and then I personally felt like it fell flat. It actually comes to a close so suddenly that I thought I missed it and re-listened to a full half an hour…I hadn’t missed it, it’s just in actuality, not really there anyway. Regardless though I did really enjoy the rest of the stuff that goes us there.
Personally a 3.5/5* for me, I wish there had been Scooby snacks…
Graphic: Cursing, Violence, Gore, Grief, Blood, Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, and Suicide
marykendrick666_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Violence, and Mental illness
Moderate: Cursing, Homophobia, Ableism, Blood, Body horror, Suicide, and Toxic friendship
epeolatri's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Violence
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Misogyny, Addiction, Racism, Car accident, and Homophobia
Minor: Sexual content and Torture
laurajones's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/injury detail, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, and Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia
Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Car accident, Colonisation, Confinement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, and Vomit
kaylatee's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Moderate: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Cursing, Death, Gore, Homophobia, Murder, Suicide, Transphobia, and Violence
Minor: Deadnaming
Huge spoiler without context:Spoiler
A character is revealed to be transgender and one of the lead characters does something to her that is super transphobic, with transphobic reasoning. The same lead also continues to somewhat refer to her with her deadname after the reveal (saying things like "before, when she used to be" and "when she was")willowmae'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? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Animal death, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Confinement, and Child abuse