Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

33 reviews

whimsicalish's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

Entertaining slasher-inspired read. I do appreciate it picks up the action at the halfway point.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Death, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

mollyolloxenfree25's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Drug abuse

kstericker's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Police brutality, Violence, Blood, Confinement, Gun violence, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Minor: Addiction and Drug abuse

lunarreader's review against another edition

4.5

Struggled to get started or really care until the action started even then I lost interest closer to the end. The only reason it gets such a high rating was because of how much it made me feel during the crazy parts. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Mass/school shootings, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol, Death of parent, and Drug abuse

vixenreader's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

If you like slashers and mean-spirited murder, this is the book for you. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Gun violence, Blood, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Genocide, Grief, Toxic friendship, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Bullying, Body shaming, Gaslighting, Mental illness, Alcoholism, Police brutality, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Animal death, Classism, and Drug abuse

Be careful. This book is not for the faint of heart.

voidcrawler's review against another edition

dark funny tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Gore, and Blood

Moderate: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Cursing, Drug abuse, and Toxic friendship

dirtwitch's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Mass/school shootings, Death, Gun violence, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse and Gaslighting

Minor: Drug abuse and Confinement

mamawantsbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Gun violence, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death, Death of parent, Stalking, Violence, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Addiction, Car accident, Grief, and Police brutality

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

This book is a bit of a rollercoaster. I absolutely do not care about the first 100 pages, and found it to be quite boring and cliché. I was not expecting to be 1/3 of the way into the story before anything happens. But when it does the story absolutely takes off. 

I was quite invested in the next 100 pages of the book. The murders were just stacking up one after another. I did not realize going into this that everything happens in just one night, so we jump from 0 to 100 instantly. For that last 1/3 though it just started to go downhill again. After we start having some reveals I'm just left thinking, "Really ? This is what we're going with ?". 

When the plan is all laid out for us it's actually laughable. The culprits are truly some of the dumbest antagonists I've ever come across, and honestly, I think that's done on purpose.

It truly felt like a repeat of the January 6th insurrection at the US capitol, down to the fact that people were caught because of their phone's GPS.

The only likable characters here are Quinn's dad, and maayyyybe Quinn herself. I find her to just mainly be an observer though; almost like a self insert for the reader or something. She never really has a chance to show her personality, so we never get to know her.  

Essentially this book is

what would happen if you were trapped in a town where the MAGA crowd was murdering teens who annoyed them.

AKA my worst nightmare. 

Overall this is a book where I greatly enjoyed the parts that were good, but really disliked the parts that weren't. I will probably skip the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Violence, Gun violence, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Drug abuse, Death, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Cursing

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Vomit

mangocorpses's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Gun violence, Police brutality, Addiction, Alcohol, Drug abuse, and Medical content

Minor: Suicide and Suicidal thoughts