Reviews

Psychic Teenage Bloodbath by Carl John Lee

tenaciousod's review

dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• 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? Yes

3.25

lesliealv02's review

dark sad medium-paced

3.75

kbaker20's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

This book took absolutely no prisoners. It was like riding a roller coaster through the Event Horizon where Gallagher is doing a show. Hold those tarps up high ladies and gentleman. You are getting sprayed with something!

Bloody good fun surrounding teenage angst and first love. If you loved the movie Dead Alive (aka BrainDead), then this will be right up your alley. I recommend reading the trigger warnings and proceeding accordingly if that movie was not really your cup of tea.

neotrogla's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.5

ok pulp. kind of very eye rollingly over the top but that's the point with these. definitely lesbians written by a guy named carl

r0ttingcannibal's review against another edition

dark emotional fast-paced

3.0

jediknightjoey3's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Gruesome as all hell. Uncle Carl — as he’s supposedly called — did not pull any punches with this one. Unfortunately, not every punch landed. I was deeply invested in the LGBT and coming-of-age aspects of the story, and also the  inspiration (I assume) from Carrie and The Dead Zone, but all of this seemed one-dimensional in the end, mostly because of some writing decisions that took away from what could’ve been a nice balance of horrifying splatter-punk and a somewhat endearing tale of high schoolers facing hardships commonly found in adolescence. as well as those faced by those who love who they choose to love. overall, some pretty crazy, gory scenes and a fast-paced splatter-punk novel that’ll probably have you reaching for a trash-bin at one point or another. 

rogergeis's review

dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• 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

4.5

hayleyetterwrites's review against another edition

I knew going into this book that it was graphic. I don't necessarily mind gore. But it felt too gratuitous, even knowing that. This just solidified that I do not like revenge stories. 

bookreader9000's review

4.0

yo where my dick at

shawna_reads's review

dark emotional tense fast-paced

• 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