Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Dead Eleven by Jimmy Juliano

3 reviews

davinmotion's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• 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

3.0

I enjoyed the mixed media nature of this book with it being passages, interviews, text messages, etc. It was a fun way to tell the story. 

The characters had flaws and felt believable, which was refreshing but also it didn’t feel like their redeeming qualities were brought up enough. Almost a smidge too negative. 

I feel like this book would be a great Supermassive game in the vein of Until Dawn. However, it sounds like it’s being adapted for television and I imagine it’ll be successful since it screams production value similar to Stranger Things. 

All in all, I think there are some fun ideas here but without spoiling, I don’t think it explores or takes  them far enough. I would consider reading something else by this author though, since I appreciate his creativity. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Grief, and Religious bigotry

If you like books in the vein of RL Stine stories, I think this could be the adult version. It’s not fleshed out enough, but if you want a fun thrill, I think this is good.

There are too many holes in this story for it to be anything stellar. 1- How does the monster shape-shift into things it doesn’t know? Are the objects what helps it do that? 2- Why did it take the “dead eleven” in the first place? Why was that never fully explained? 3- If the monster is stuck in the house and needs to lure people in, how could it leave the island? Can it even cross water? Why the fuck wouldn’t you leave? 4- The island sounds like it has no economy, so how does anyone live there and how do they afford to bring goods in? 5- Door county is not near Canada.

themelaniewaite's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• 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

If I had to quickly sum up the plot of this book, I’d say it’s Midnight Mass meets WandaVision meets the Supernatural episode “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” (s5, ep15). 

It was the cover that originally drew me in. And then the idea that this island was stuck living as thought it was still 1994 mixed with a missing persons plot - it all had me so curious. I didn’t realise when I bought it, that the story was essentially a “found footage” theme - the last one I’d read in that format had put me off the genre. And though it took a few chapters to get into the flow of this storytelling, once the story found its rhythm it was really well done and worth powering through. It definitely achieved what it set out to do. 

The plot was eerie and had me hooked, desperately eager to get answers for what million questions the plot threw in. All of which tied together so well. No stone was left unturned by the end of the story. 

There was something so satisfying in the way the ending came together, and I’m pleased with the way it all came together. If you’re looking for a story that has you questioning literally everything, this is the one for you. With each chapter, there are more questions but once it starts coming together, this slow burn mystery is so well executed. I thoroughly enjoyed it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Grief, Car accident, and Gaslighting

Minor: Bullying, Death, Genocide, Gore, Blood, Kidnapping, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

r_o_s_e's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Grief, Religious bigotry, and Stalking

Moderate: Confinement and Gaslighting

Minor: Car accident, Death of parent, and Murder