233 reviews for:

Killer on the Road/The Babysitter Lives

Stephen Graham Jones

3.83 AVERAGE

vixens_bookcase's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book left me not only speechless and grossed out many times but also confused at the end. I love the writing as very few books have been able to do that for me.

b_smith's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

heathermoodreads's review against another edition

3.0

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Not my favorite Stephen Graham Jones stories, but The Babysitter Lives was willllllld. 

Killer on the Road - 2.5
The Babysitter Lives - 3.5

jennoux's review against another edition

3.0

dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

muppetmedusa's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional tense medium-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

insidiousbubbles's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense 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: Complicated

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Racism, Car accident

Moderate: Pedophilia, Sexual violence

Minor: Alcoholism, Homophobia

curlywhirlygirly's review against another edition

4.75

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so gnarly and wistful and gross!

becksbooks27's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

bookish001's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 14%

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The babysitter lives: boring and doesn’t make any sense.

minisupernovax's review against another edition

3.0

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I preferred the first story