Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

The Fear by Natasha Preston

4 reviews

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

First, hated the ending.

It felt like the author just gave up on the story, and it didn't read at all like a mysterious ambiguous choice.

Second, like the other book I read by this author, the premise is really promising, but the execution doesn't work. It doesn't seem like she knows what a meme is as opposed to a social media trend. And these kids skip school WAY too much for the current technological age. It's just not realistic. I think I need to move onto another author. Also too many people died again for me to really try to care about each one. I feel like the author gets away with not digging into deep emotion by just killing another character. So the characters have murder whiplash instead of facing their grief and fear.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Mental illness, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Abandonment

Minor: Child abuse, Confinement, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

rediswriting's review

dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Confinement, Domestic abuse, and Car accident

Minor: Addiction and Alcohol

fictionaladventures's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

2.0

This was okay, but definitely not great. None of the characters felt like real people. I just didn’t believe most of the story. There was a lot of stupid high school drama that I didn’t need. The main character was incredibly dumb so much of the time. I’m not sure what to think of the ending—I think I liked the twist, but it felt super abrupt to just end it there. I felt like my copy was missing the last 50 pages lol.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse and Alcohol

bbygirl21's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was a really good story. It kept me wanting to know more all the way through. It was a rollercoaster of events especially towards the end when you just want to know who the killer is already at that point. And even though the killer/ending had already been spoiled for me before reading it, I still found myself shocked by the ending as we're left with even more questions left unanswered. Despite the unanswered questions and shocking ending I think it does end just the way it should. I feel like I could contradict myself if I keep talking so I'm gonna leave this with that. I did highly enjoy this story and would definitely recommend. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Toxic relationship, Toxic friendship, and Alcohol