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snapitsabbey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
emmadporter's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
lindsayaunderwood's review against another edition
4.0
taylor_hohulin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
rockatanskette's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
gamerreaper13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
The plot is fast paced and thr book quickly becomes impossible to put down.
Graphic: Blood, Torture, Toxic friendship, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders
Moderate: Police brutality, Cancer, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, and Gore
bookwormyami's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
okevamae's review against another edition
4.0
Lynette’s POV is an interesting, but deeply unstable one. In addition to her hypervigilance, paranoid outlook, and deep distrust of men, she seems to filter everything that happens through the lens of “what happens in horror movies is what happens in real life,” which given the premise of the book and her backstory makes a certain amount of sense. She treats the idea of another “sequel” as a foregone conclusion, and has spent the intervening years doing everything she can to prepare to survive it. She describes the events happening to her and her group as some sort of “crossover.” Which, in a real-world context, seems crazy. But when everything you’d expect to see in a horror movie is the actual backstory, and current events also turn against her, I started to see the setting of the book not so much as a realistic world as a combination real-world and horror-movie pastiche, which makes what seems at first like a delusion a lot more understandable. Also, as the book goes on, you realize that Lynette is an unreliable narrator not just because of her paranoia and skewed worldview - she has secrets to hide, too. The result is that you’re constantly questioning what’s really going on, which sometimes annoys me in fiction but really worked for me in this particular book.
I did see some of the biggest twists coming, but this book still kept me guessing throughout. I don’t know that I’ll necessarily read more horror novels than I used to, but I enjoyed this one.
TW: violence, gore (this should go without saying considering it’s a horror novel but you never know.) Also, if you’re one of those people who can’t deal with an unlikeable narrator, maybe skip this one.
I received an ARC of this novel from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
kazy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
really enjoyed! it’s always fun to see things that are so clearly love letters from the author to the genre itself (not without its own criticism of the genre as well). it certainly felt like watching a contemporary slasher movie, the kind made by someone who’s seen every one and had some notes.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Cancer, Mental illness, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Child death, Death of parent, Violence, Abandonment, Adult/minor relationship, Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Torture, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, and Misogyny
Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Sexism, and Mental illness
Minor: Ableism, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Suicide, Cannibalism, Drug abuse, and Incest
mentions of victim blaming (both external and heavily internal),