Reviews

University by Bentley Little

growlingpuppy's review against another edition

dark

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Confinement, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Antisemitism, Bullying, Cannibalism, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Pedophilia, Suicide attempt, Terminal illness, Car accident, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Vomit, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Homophobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Lesbophobia, Racial slurs, Body horror, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Gore, Islamophobia, Stalking, Torture, and War

It would be easier to name the non-triggering bits in this book than try to name them all. If something triggers you, don't read it.

johnlynchbooks's review

4.0

Another fun read from Bentley Little. Fans of his work will enjoy this one. Very much a kitchen sink approach here. A lot of different incidents loosely connected to each other because of the location. A lot of violence, sex, rape in this one, so if that is an issue for you I’d avoid it. The characters here were ok. Didn’t really care either way for them, which did disappoint me a bit reading this right after the Summoning, which had great characters in it. This is a 3.5 or a 4 stars, depending when you ask me. If you’ve never been a fan of the author, this one isn’t likely to sway you, but if you are, you’ll probably like it

cemeterygates's review

2.0

Little’s books are always a combination of creeping terror, explosive horror, over the top satire and gratuitous, over the top, disgusting violence. Usually, these are balanced. This one went WAY too hard on the latter for me. I’ll return to Little soon, but this one means I’m going to take a bit of a break.