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dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
do not read this if you want a decisive answer and ending because what the hell. I will say this book is much better than her other ones but I did notice it had the same issues as others. For one, there are so many characters to keep track of and only a few really matter. I couldn’t keep everyone straight and only started to match names to descriptions half way through. The story was strong and kept its edge and suspense.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gun violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
I really the writing style! Really makes you LIVE the story. I enjoyed the book and started questioning and thinking about every possibility. Although it's a similar genre to what I'm used to, it's still different in its own way, like the way she ends her books is something I hadn't yet seen before.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Murder
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Gore, Blood, Murder
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Torture, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Car accident, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Torture, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This book took me longer than usual, mostly because I was going back and forth on whether I should DNF it. The story was long and dragging and none of the creepy things were actually creepy. I just wanted more, it started off good but slowly the scary parts of it just seemed like inconveniences compared to the one gory scene other than that everything else seemed very mundane. I’m not sure what I was expecting but Miss Author, why? Why do we know who the killer is so early on??? I feel like that set the book up to fail terribly.
Also I didn’t feel a connection to Kayla or Esme, I genuinely didn’t care if they lived or died because they were so flat. The only characters I cared about were the kids and the side characters. Like I would have been super upset if Andy or Tia died. But the two leads I felt nothing for which is sad. Other than liking boys and being nervous as hell what else could we have learned about Esme? It might have been good if it was multi POVs or something idk. I just wanted mystery, I wanted suspense and to be absolutely spooked by this killer which I feel shouldn’t be too hard considering that our leads are literally being stalked in the woods but somehow even that managed to become boring after a while.
Also the weapon the killer used was boring, like cmon I wanted splatter and slasher. Something more than a bam and done type of thing. It was so boring and the killing didn’t start until the end when the author had the perfect opportunity to pick them off one by one.
I wonder if this author ever actually went to sleep away camp. Because I very clearly remember the one I went to and no way would there be so many children and teens but hardly any adults. Besides Andy and the other counselors who I imagined were in their early twenties there was no one else there. Maybe I’m nitpicking but where was the other staff??? No cooks or chefs? No one working in the infirmary? (Which is a requirement with so many children) No cafeteria worker? Janitors or other adults over 25 besides Andy?!?! There’s no way that Andy would be the only supervisor there because yes camp councilors are councilors but there must have been more people to operate a six week camp of that size. I’m not even gonna bother questioning Andy’s horrible decisions when it came to safety…because I imagine his incompetence was just a way to explain why this all was happening when he should have called parents and police a while ago. But Plot I guess.
Btw teenagers don’t talk like that. They most likely will not say their favorite books are It and The Great Gatsby. Some may but most teenagers wouldn’t.
For anyone who wants to read, if you want to read an entire book about silly pranks and maybe a few semi-decent scares (which weren’t really scary but whatever) and then have the killings be quick and short, this is the story for you. This book will not have you on the edge of your seat. It will not make you feel creeped out or even slightly unnerved.
Also I didn’t feel a connection to Kayla or Esme, I genuinely didn’t care if they lived or died because they were so flat. The only characters I cared about were the kids and the side characters. Like I would have been super upset if Andy or Tia died. But the two leads I felt nothing for which is sad. Other than liking boys and being nervous as hell what else could we have learned about Esme? It might have been good if it was multi POVs or something idk. I just wanted mystery, I wanted suspense and to be absolutely spooked by this killer which I feel shouldn’t be too hard considering that our leads are literally being stalked in the woods but somehow even that managed to become boring after a while.
Also the weapon the killer used was boring, like cmon I wanted splatter and slasher. Something more than a bam and done type of thing. It was so boring and the killing didn’t start until the end when the author had the perfect opportunity to pick them off one by one.
I wonder if this author ever actually went to sleep away camp. Because I very clearly remember the one I went to and no way would there be so many children and teens but hardly any adults. Besides Andy and the other counselors who I imagined were in their early twenties there was no one else there. Maybe I’m nitpicking but where was the other staff??? No cooks or chefs? No one working in the infirmary? (Which is a requirement with so many children) No cafeteria worker? Janitors or other adults over 25 besides Andy?!?! There’s no way that Andy would be the only supervisor there because yes camp councilors are councilors but there must have been more people to operate a six week camp of that size. I’m not even gonna bother questioning Andy’s horrible decisions when it came to safety…because I imagine his incompetence was just a way to explain why this all was happening when he should have called parents and police a while ago. But Plot I guess.
Btw teenagers don’t talk like that. They most likely will not say their favorite books are It and The Great Gatsby. Some may but most teenagers wouldn’t.
For anyone who wants to read, if you want to read an entire book about silly pranks and maybe a few semi-decent scares (which weren’t really scary but whatever) and then have the killings be quick and short, this is the story for you. This book will not have you on the edge of your seat. It will not make you feel creeped out or even slightly unnerved.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Kidnapping, Stalking, Murder
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
is this book good? no. she literally revealed everything in like the first half. did i enjoy it? yes, it was fast-paced and easy to read.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gun violence, Blood, Murder, Fire/Fire injury