Reviews tagging 'Mass/school shootings'

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

44 reviews

bookishgoob's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Torture, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Stalking, Toxic relationship, Medical trauma, Misogyny, Murder, Toxic friendship, Suicide, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Classism, Abandonment, Bullying, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Mental illness

theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Addiction, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Gore, and Fire/Fire injury

ashthemenace's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Blood, Cursing, and Mass/school shootings

Moderate: Death of parent and Police brutality

corpseparty's review against another edition

Takes forever to pick up, it’s just so boring.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Torture, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

kennethwade's review against another edition

dark tense

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

Surprisingly brutal and bloody for a young adult novel, Clown in a Cornfield is a successful slasher even if the plot is a bit over-complicated and the social commentary is a bit heavy-handed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death of parent, Car accident, Murder, Blood, Gun violence, Mass/school shootings, Death, and Child death

ekmook's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Police brutality, and Violence

Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Deadnaming, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Sexism, and Misogyny

theliteraryhooker's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Gore, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Drug abuse, Vomit, and Medical content

mapscitiesandsongs's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

I am bit conflicted. On one hand it was extremely entertaining and I couldn't put the book down. On the other hand there were a lot of things I disliked. First of all, I didn't know it was a slasher book and had completely different expectations. But that's on me. The characters were a bit flat for my taste but I don't think you can expect to have characters with a lot of depth in this kind of book. But still, a lot of plot points didn't really work for me because the characters were so flat and there was zero explanation to their actions. During the whole book I had literally no idea who Cole was as a person and how his life has been up to that point.

Like yeah, his mother died and then his sister too. But what else? And his father was no different. The reasoning behind his need to kill his son is just so freaking stupid. He mentioned that he lost his son even before the death of his daughter, but what exactly happened? Was it because of the Youtube stuff or was is the generational thing?

Can't really say anything about Quinn. She felt like a side character and I didn't care what happened to her to be honest. The romance was just weird.

I wasn't on board with these romantic feelings or whatever between Quinn and Cole and then the author pulled a 180 and introduces a romance between Cole and Rust out of nowhere. I didn't see it coming at all and it just felt so forced.

My biggest problem were the villains and the whole reasoning behind the whole thing. It was just ridiculous and too forced/political. It felt like an agenda being pushed down my throat. I actually had to snort when I found out why the killings happened. It's laughable and flimsy at best. The villains were predictable, dumb and felt cartoonish. The ending made everything even worse though.

Saying 'Even if they killed everyone, they would have been caught regardless' just undid the entire thing. It was all pointless.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Gun violence, Blood, Death, Gore, Child death, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Death of parent, Police brutality, and Suicide

Minor: Cursing, Misogyny, and Vomit

honeywine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Loved this book, loved the politics. It was gory but not too gory. Loved the message. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mass/school shootings, Medical trauma, Murder, Stalking, Alcohol, Blood, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Violence, Body horror, Car accident, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Gore

lee_brahms's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Medical content, and Violence

Moderate: Drug abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, Gore, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcohol, Police brutality, Vomit, Animal death, and Mass/school shootings