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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
lighthearted
tense
fast-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:
Yes
KILLER ON THE ROAD is an entertaining (albeit nasty) serial killer story
THE BABYSITTER LIVES is a wonderful bit of gonzo horror. Loved it.
THE BABYSITTER LIVES is a wonderful bit of gonzo horror. Loved it.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
KOTR - 4.25*
The Babysitter Lives - 4.25*
both fantastic, very different from each other. Road trip slasher versus creepy 'haunted' house, babysitter trope.
The Babysitter Lives - 4.25*
both fantastic, very different from each other. Road trip slasher versus creepy 'haunted' house, babysitter trope.
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
I honestly did not get into these stories. The killer on the road with all the colloquialism was hard to read but the story was interesting. The second half. It was like a run-on-sentence.
dark
I don’t do audiobooks unless they’re exclusively audiobooks. And ‘The Babysitter Lives’ was exclusively an audiobook 2 years ago. I liked it then, but said I wish it had been a print book. Well now I got my wish. And thanks to my awful memory, I’m basically starting fresh!
But first, we start with ‘Killer on the Road’ about… a killer on the road. As always, SGJ has got the horror tropes down — runaway teens on a road trip, psycho truck driver, highway hitchhikers. And fucked-up violence. I think I missed something with the ending though… did we know who that person was? Or was it one of those deus ex machina things?
And then parts of ‘The Babysitter Lives’ did indeed come back to me as I was reading. It’s another SGJ stream-of-consciousness-style telling, but it’s a fun one.
But first, we start with ‘Killer on the Road’ about… a killer on the road. As always, SGJ has got the horror tropes down — runaway teens on a road trip, psycho truck driver, highway hitchhikers. And fucked-up violence. I think I missed something with the ending though… did we know who that person was? Or was it one of those deus ex machina things?
And then parts of ‘The Babysitter Lives’ did indeed come back to me as I was reading. It’s another SGJ stream-of-consciousness-style telling, but it’s a fun one.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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:
Yes