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grave_liminal's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
For a better experience, I recommend watching Invasion of the Body Snatchers before reading this book because it is referenced a number of times. However, you don’t have to watch the movie to understand the book. We don’t get much of any character backstory for the friend group, but the plot is good enough to have empathy for them. I would have enjoyed this book more if I was in high school, as that’s the target audience for this book. I was pleasantly surprised upon discovering that the author had enough guts to kill off two members of the friend group.
Though the plot is a bit silly in a way, I feel like the book does talk about an extremely underrepresented and dangerous practice. As per another review I read, this book was written in 2003, only a few years after 9/11 and columbine, which is a time period characterized by school shootings and high security.Those who love true crime podcasts are well aware of wilderness camps/rehabilitation and the horrors that happen within them. I would have never guessed that it would be the focal point of this book and I was grateful to see them have a negative representation in a random fictional book I picked up. It came as a very big and unique surprise.
Though the plot is a bit silly in a way, I feel like the book does talk about an extremely underrepresented and dangerous practice. As per another review I read, this book was written in 2003, only a few years after 9/11 and columbine, which is a time period characterized by school shootings and high security.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Mass/school shootings and Murder
bookhoardingvalkyrie's review against another edition
dark
emotional
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mass/school shootings
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