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Ninth Grade Slays #2: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Z Brewer

1 review

onefineelephant's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious tense slow-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? No

2.5

 5/10. I'm not a fan of when a character clearly needs help but refuses to ask for it. Also, it's clear that Vlad is supposed to be shown as having a pure heart or whatever but the way he reacts at the end is utterly ridiculous. As I said about the last book, it is clear that these are children that act very juvenile and since I am an adult, this really just rubs me the wrong way. I didn't hate it but I didn't like it either. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Stalking, and Violence

On page 260, the term commonly used as a reference to be cheated out of something but used as a slur against Romani people, "gyp" or "gypped", is used.