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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-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
dark
medium-paced
Double stories smashed into one book. One for the slasher fans and one for fans of the supernatural. But then again depending at how you look at things there are both a slasher and a haunting in each one.
I see what folk mean. If a particular subject doesn’t interest you, it can be a bit hard to read. The slasher film vibes were interesting but I could have done without all the semi info. But that’s just because I’m not interested.
The Babysitter turned from scary to mystery but it continued to have its moments.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
medium-paced
Killer on the road - 4.25
The babysitter lives - 2.5
The babysitter lives - 2.5
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
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:
Yes
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Ok so I’ve actually only read The Babsysitter Lives so far, but its so great I have to say something.
This is SGJ maybe at his best— the plot is wild and twisting and interesting… Stranger Things meets a slasher flick. But he’s also taking down white supremacy and colonialism. And unraveling internalized racism. And scaring the shit out of me. And making me cry. And making me remember. And conjuring nostalgia for a time we’ve all almost, but not quite, known. As he notes, in the Acknowledgments, “The way we can ever only know the emotional contours of a single place, finally? I think we might only ever really know the doors and hallways and rickety staircases of a single house, too. That house, for me, is on County Road 1120 in Greenwood, Texas. Just to remember where I’m from, and where I don’t want to have to be again, because I can’t handle the dreams. They would break me, I think.”
This is SGJ maybe at his best— the plot is wild and twisting and interesting… Stranger Things meets a slasher flick. But he’s also taking down white supremacy and colonialism. And unraveling internalized racism. And scaring the shit out of me. And making me cry. And making me remember. And conjuring nostalgia for a time we’ve all almost, but not quite, known. As he notes, in the Acknowledgments, “The way we can ever only know the emotional contours of a single place, finally? I think we might only ever really know the doors and hallways and rickety staircases of a single house, too. That house, for me, is on County Road 1120 in Greenwood, Texas. Just to remember where I’m from, and where I don’t want to have to be again, because I can’t handle the dreams. They would break me, I think.”
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide
Moderate: Sexual harassment