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phou's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.0
It starts out great, drags more than a bit halfway, and has a GREAT climax and ending!!!!
Many people thought the ending didn't pay off, but I think the opposite... I have this tendency of loving Paul Tremblay's endings regardless of how controversial they are, they are just perfect for me.
TCATEOTW is still my personal favorite Tremblay book, but I'm sure whether I enjoyed AHFOG or this book more, i definitely disliked somethings (mostly the blog entries) about AHFOG but it was SO GOOD overall while I didn't dislike anything about this book, just that it dragged (you have to power through it for a bit) and in fact like I've mentioned several times now the last third was perfect, couldn't put it down from then on.
Many people thought the ending didn't pay off, but I think the opposite... I have this tendency of loving Paul Tremblay's endings regardless of how controversial they are, they are just perfect for me.
TCATEOTW is still my personal favorite Tremblay book, but I'm sure whether I enjoyed AHFOG or this book more, i definitely disliked somethings (mostly the blog entries) about AHFOG but it was SO GOOD overall while I didn't dislike anything about this book, just that it dragged (you have to power through it for a bit) and in fact like I've mentioned several times now the last third was perfect, couldn't put it down from then on.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder
Moderate: Blood, Grief, Physical abuse, Alcohol, Body horror, and Child death
Minor: Religious bigotry, Vomit, and Suicide attempt
killmoore_'s review against another edition
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
My goodness. This was painfully boring.. then it wasn't! Then it ended.
I struggled through the first 2/3 of this, and almost put it down a handful of times. It's repetitive, the characters are shallow, and the dialog feels forced. The 70 or so pages of escalation are well done, and I loved the weaved interrogation format, but it fell so flat at the end that I shut the book -angry-, repeating the last line out loud, to myself.
This is the first Tremblay novel I've read, and while I still plan on reading Head Full of Ghosts, I'm nowhere near as excited as I was before reading this. A previous review hit the nail on the head - R.L. Stein trying way too hard to be Dickens.
I struggled through the first 2/3 of this, and almost put it down a handful of times. It's repetitive, the characters are shallow, and the dialog feels forced. The 70 or so pages of escalation are well done, and I loved the weaved interrogation format, but it fell so flat at the end that I shut the book -angry-, repeating the last line out loud, to myself.
This is the first Tremblay novel I've read, and while I still plan on reading Head Full of Ghosts, I'm nowhere near as excited as I was before reading this. A previous review hit the nail on the head - R.L. Stein trying way too hard to be Dickens.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Mental illness, Violence, Cursing, Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Child death, Death, and Car accident
louisegraveyard's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Violence, Toxic friendship, Mental illness, Torture, Physical abuse, Murder, Addiction, Alcohol, Medical content, Grief, Gore, and Body horror
Moderate: Car accident
stayshomeandreads's review against another edition
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence
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