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uhhlexiconic's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Disappearance at Devil's Rock is a sometimes hard to read look at a family in mourning and the things they do to keep hope in dark times. What is does with atmosphere makes up for the lack of momentum in the proceedings; despite the mystery aspect, many of the clues are 'given'.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Violence, Murder, Adult/minor relationship, and Death
Moderate: Stalking and Child death
jess2obsess's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Toxic friendship, Car accident, Grief, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking
Moderate: Child abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Mental illness, Violence, Death, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Drug abuse and Drug use
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
patroklos's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Grief, Murder, Torture, Death, and Violence
Moderate: Child death and Stalking
Minor: Sexual assault
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