Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson

20 reviews

m4rtt4's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

this was... okay, but a huge disappointment after the Truly Devious Trilogy.

Spoiler

Johnson made Stevie dream of being like Hercule Poirot, but the foreshadowing fell flat with the 'grand reveal'. The point of Agatha Christie's mysteries is that all of the information is available to the reader before Poirot reveals his solution, but since the solution depended on Sabrina's diary which was only revealed in the 'grand reveal' itself, there was no way the reader could have tried solving the mystery themselves and that automatically takes off half of the fun in reading murder mysteries. Also making the killer a literal Nazi is sooo unoriginal and overused — I am no Nazi sympathizer (!!) but I've seen this so many times in all types of American media that you just can't surprise me with that anymore.

I was mostly annoyed with how the mystery was executed, but as a cherry on top I couldn't care less about Stevie and David's relationship either — I don't see what they are supposed to see in each other, and in my opinion Stevie is perfectly capable of being a strong female YA protagonist without having a love interest.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Car accident, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Grief, and Violence

Minor: Slavery, War, Sexual content, Homophobia, and Medical content

puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder

Minor: Medical content, Gun violence, and Injury/Injury detail

laurenevlyn's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

Another amazing addition to the world of Truly Devious! I greatly appreciated the fact that the case was introduced and solved in one book (as opposed to the slow revealing of information that occurred throughout the original trilogy). I have to admit, I’m not the biggest fan of David and Stevie (they’re cute but where’s the romantic chemistry??? Plus when he called her “Princess” 😑🤢) Nevertheless, I enjoyed all the characters and their quirks! I can’t wait to read Nine Lives (and the 6th book when it comes out)!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, Gun violence, Murder, Child death, Blood, and Gore

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Car accident

Minor: Death of parent, War, Antisemitism, Lesbophobia, and Homophobia

rissaandherbooks's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

5.0

Incredible!! (I especially love Nate.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Gore, Car accident, Child death, Gun violence, Murder, Drug use, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, and Cursing

Minor: Alcohol

someryarns's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

Minor: Car accident, Gore, Alcohol, Drug use, and Injury/Injury detail

brianna_moye's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gore, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder

babyleo's review against another edition

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Murder

Minor: Drug abuse and Panic attacks/disorders

yoursparrow's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use

Spoiler

Nazi villain

bookedandbusy's review against another edition

mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Loved this book so much!! Such a great addition to the series! Can’t wait for the next book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Child death

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: War

hkburke2's review against another edition

adventurous funny mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.0

I like the school setting a little better, but hard to complain about a summer camp. I was thrown off that this was self-contained (unlike the first three/the original trilogy...) and I could've enjoyed more of the original timeline to add some meat, but I still just enjoy these characters and the writing. Just fun. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Gun violence and Car accident