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Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

13 reviews

that_cow_girl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book is fucking CRAZY! I didn’t think I’d be a fan of the format but it was very easy to pick up and read. The author was amazing with all of the different characters and SO MUCH HAPPENING!! my jaw dropped at certain points and I was thoroughly invested. I couldn’t stop reading. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Physical abuse, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, War, Violence, Cursing, Child death, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Child abuse, and Bullying

Moderate: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Alcohol, and Cannibalism

sharkysheets's review against another edition

dark reflective sad 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

Lord of the flies in an amusement park during a hurricane

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Torture, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Blood, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

delekelll's review against another edition

4.0

Really quite good. Disturbing. Gory. Unsettling, if you're into that sort of thing. These teenagers act in enraging ways. I guess if I was there I would have to suck it up. I wonder what this author thinks about Lord of the Flies

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Body horror, Death, Murder, Violence, and Child death

Moderate: Grief, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Mass/school shootings, and Sexual assault

swalk's review

adventurous dark reflective tense medium-paced

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

4.25

A compelling tale laying out the events that occur at a theme park, whose staff get flooded-in and the factions that come out of the utter chaos. Each chapter is a new interview with someone who lived with the carnage that came from the remnants of Fantasticland, after hurricane Sadie blew through and trapped people there for weeks. Things soon escalated out of all proportion leading to tribal warfare, death, destruction and even cannibalism if you believe the rumours. 

 

A truly original concept excellently executed, I enjoyed the structure of having each chapter from the viewpoint of a different resident and the way in which they were ordered to build the story chronologically. This is a really great horror/ gore novel and would be perfect for someone who is into zombie books. 

 

The narrators were all great and I really appreciated the use of different voices for each interviewee, making it easy to imagine each character in the setting of the park . 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Sexual violence, Body horror, Death, Sexual assault, Murder, Torture, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Abandonment

magical_mads's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Blood, Excrement, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Mass/school shootings, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Cannibalism

shinysprigatito's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Misogyny, Blood, Death, Gun violence, Murder, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Confinement

Minor: Cannibalism and Rape

bookishloz's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexism, Sexual violence, Body horror, Blood, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Death, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Cannibalism, Grief, Rape, Sexual assault, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Sexual harassment, Slavery, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Misogyny, and Violence

gssll_lpz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Murder, Blood, Gore, Death, Violence, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, and Bullying

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Blood, and Kidnapping

Minor: Sexual harassment

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, Body horror, Gun violence, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Violence, and Grief

Moderate: Medical trauma, Mental illness, Toxic friendship, and War

beth_waller97's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Man, I had to google whether this event was actually real because I was horrified. Luckily, it is just fiction. What an insane story, but so believable and you can actually imagine this happening in this day an age. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Confinement, Cursing, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Abandonment, Blood, and Body horror

Minor: Gun violence, Kidnapping, Cannibalism, and Excrement