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A Neon Darkness by Lauren Shippen

6 reviews

theheartisanaro's review

challenging dark sad

3.0

This entire book screams "it's Damien's world and we're all just living in it". It was hard to get through and mostly unpleasant to read but I did find myself understanding Damien to some extent and feeling sympathetic towards him. The one thing I didn't like was the occasional switch between perspectives which felt choppy and didn't really add much to the overall plot. I also generally think Lauren Shippen is better at writing podcasts than books, but I'd still recommend this to anyone who likes The Bright Sessions or enjoys reading about an emo teen with no character development.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Murder, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Vomit, Alcoholism, and Violence

Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, War, Confinement, Drug abuse, and Suicide attempt

poemsarelikepeople's review

challenging mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic friendship, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Moderate: Drug abuse, Kidnapping, Cursing, Addiction, Stalking, Islamophobia, and Suicidal thoughts

Minor: Vomit and Homophobia

lumberelk's review against another edition

dark tense slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Suicide attempt, Death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, and Medical trauma

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Kidnapping, and Addiction

Minor: Vomit, Islamophobia, and Xenophobia

toopunkrockforshul's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.5

Enjoyed this book, though I found it difficult to read all at once knowing how Damien turns out in the Bright Sessions podcast. I thought the metaphors and symbolism were really great and it gave me a whole lot of context and angst for the way the characters in the podcasts are, and made me want to relisten to the pods. Much different vibes to an infinite noise!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Confinement, and Violence

Minor: Vomit

Strong themes of manipulation and people trying to justify/excuse abusive behavior

katieconrad's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Drug use and Vomit

levilore_'s review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

5.0

A Neon Darkness was an incredible book. The importance of these events to the Damien in TBS was incredible to see unfold and im left with my mouth open and my eyes teary from that ending. I would absolutely recommend this book, even if you have no knowledge of the Atypical world bc the story was just incredible and so impactful. I loved every character and every character had meaning to the story. I can't say enough how much I loved this book.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Violence, and Addiction

Minor: Suicide, Vomit, and Sexism