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The Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay

16 reviews

sylvestra's review against another edition

dark emotional funny slow-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Chronic illness

Moderate: Alcohol, Drug use, and Grief

ashlynhu's review against another edition

mysterious slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic friendship, Death of parent, Drug use, and Drug abuse

goodgollymissmollee's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.0

This book was not what I expected it to be and it was not for me. I loved the format, super cool and different, and the few pages of horror did scare me a bit. However, there weren’t very many of them and the book as a whole was extremely different from what I thought it was going to be.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Body horror, Death of parent, Cancer, Drug use, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Gaslighting, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Alcoholism, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Toxic friendship

ktdakotareads's review against another edition

dark sad slow-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Toxic friendship, Death of parent, and Grief

Minor: Bullying, Chronic illness, Cancer, Alcoholism, Gaslighting, and Drug use

theyellowbrickreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction and Drug use

Minor: Cancer

queergoth_reads's review

dark mysterious sad slow-paced

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

3.0

I got this eARC from NetGalley but all thoughts are my own. 

I was super excited when I got this request approved. I was a huge horror fan as a teen and I'm slowly getting back into it. Earlier this year I started reading books by Paul Tremblay and honestly they were right up my street to I jumped at the chance to read this. Unfortunately this one didn't do it for me in the same way as some of his other works. This book is framed as a memoir with editing notes from his friend. I really like this concept. It allowed for so much more nuance in the story. The author really captured Art's voice so well. It really came across like the memoir it's supposed to be. However, I felt like that was a double edged sword. It was very much written in Art's voice but honestly I didn't like Art or his writing. It grated on me a lot and I really only pushed through because I wanted to see where it was going. The notes were a nice break. It was nice to have this dual POV almost. I don't know if it was because it was an ebook but I'd have loved to have seen these note set up more like someone was writing in the margins but that might have broken the flow a bit. Overall I was a bit underwhelmed. The ending was really perfect and I think it made up for the effort it took me to get through to the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Medical content, Drug use, and Alcohol

Moderate: Death of parent and Terminal illness

Minor: Drug abuse