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Patricia Wants to Cuddle by Samantha Allen

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agwood32's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book ended up being a little too fluffy for me: flat characters, leaning heavily on gore, and uncritical "commentary" about pop culture that wasn't too profound; the book mostly just shit on influencer culture and the people who participate in it without meaningfully investigating it. The queer relationship was also pretty flat and unexamined.

walking_library's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

books_nooks_spooks's review against another edition

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4.0

Because I’m a happy wee paranormal sad sack, I knew exactly what this story would be about simply from the title alone and that’s why I wanted to read it!! And it did not disappoint. Think The Bachelor meets The Missing 411 conspiracies. What a combo! Reading this on the back of two duds was great timing as it was funny and satirical and just an all round good time of a book! I had to giggle at the alternative social media platforms - ‘glamstapix’ and ‘click clack’. Oh and mixed media features you say? Thumbs up from me! This is a really easy read and a great wee yarn about the toxicity of reality TV for all involved (crew, contestant AND viewers) and that good things happen when gals look out for each other! Also shout out for some queer rep in there too.

4.5 stars

sarah999's review against another edition

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4.0

PRETTY GOOD BOOK

amieerb's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

lollisch's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

2.5

l_embry's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

nicolemildon's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious fast-paced

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

3.0

jewellelizabeth's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.5

This book was so incredibly bizarre but I kind of loved it?

blairlovesbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I really enjoyed this book. The whole premise, the writing (even if Allen once said “esophagus” when she meant “trachea”), the characters. Really fun in a kind of wicked way. The behind-the-scenes scheming of the show was absolutely delicious. This book would’ve been a 5 for me except for the end. I just couldn’t understand

why the women were so murderous? Why they kept sending people up there to be killed, even with so much attention from the outside? It just doesn’t make a lot of logical sense. If the contestants could find Patricia’s graveyard of bones so easily, why couldn’t the police?

I also would’ve chosen a different voice actor for Lila Mae/May; every other actor’s voice really nailed it but that voice was too husky. It did not contribute to my rating, however.

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