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Outer Banks: Lights Out by

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eeelizaabethhh's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

flx_reads's review against another edition

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adventurous fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

It was nice to have a story about obx to read about.
It def was a good book but it was a litte bit boring sometimes to read about spearfishing, and i also found it very confusing that they where already on the water on page 70 bc when you read the back of the book it says that they’re on the water in the ending.
Also i really liked the part where they sneaked into the hotel and i like Savannah in the beginning but she was so toxic when they were back on the island so I didn’t loved Savannah that much in general and it seemed weird how much JJ thinks like in the netflix series he’s described as someone who says everything out loud and doesn’t give a fuck mostly but in the book hes thinking non-stop mostly about Savannah wich sometimes was really boring to read.
Overall this review maybe seems bad but i would still reccomend it!
❗️DEFINITELY WATCH THE SERIES BEFORE READING THE BOOK BECAUSE OTHERWISE IT WILL BE CONFUSING❗️

Content Warnings

nlm27050424's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted mysterious medium-paced

5.0

whatgracereadss's review against another edition

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2.0

2.5 stars. Maybe 3 if I’m being generous.

I was kind of disappointed to be honest. I like how it switches between John B and JJ’s perspectives throughout.
One thing that really bugged me about the writing was the repetition of points on the same page. I understand repeating scenes from different perspectives but having characters say the same thing literally two lines after they last sad it is really frustrating to read.
The “relationship” between savannah and JJ was cliché and kind of fanfic(y). It was played out in attempt to be cute I guess but it was a bit cringey. I don’t know if that’s just me?

Outer Banks is great because it’s action-packed and there’s plot twists left right and centre, but the plot in the book was sort of vague and felt like there wasn’t necessarily a point to it.

I mean it was easy to read but I don’t think I’d read it again.