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dylpickles's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Rape, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, and Murder
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Chronic illness, Pedophilia, Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
Minor: Toxic relationship, Vomit, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Toxic friendship
Brain washingrapgamenancyreagan's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Mental illness, Blood, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, and Pregnancy
Minor: Alcoholism
spacecadelliot's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Death, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, and Pregnancy
odrib's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cancer
bookishgoob's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Chronic illness, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail
mooniemushi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.0
Graphic: Ableism, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Physical abuse, Racism, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Abandonment
ekmoore11's review against another edition
4.0
Moderate: Ableism, Sexual assault, Blood, and Murder
jodine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Blood, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
stephbakerbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
The narrator did a good job too. The blurb compares this book to two movies, and I think if I'd been familiar with those movies I probably wouldn't have read this...but honestly did not know what those movies were about lol. So this rating is my own fault; this genre is just not one that I particularly enjoy and, though I'm entertained while reading, I'm left with a "meh" feeling and a desire to start a different book immediately.
I was disappointed in the characters in this one. I never felt like I got to know any of them, not really. Even the main character doesn't have any tangible development. So I didn't really care about the characters as much as I would've liked. They made stupid decisions which of course had consequences and I just shrugged and kept reading.
Also, the "answer" to the mystery...was too unbelievable for me. I was left with a lot of questions about plausibility that I feel like were just ignored for the sake of the plot.
But like I said, this genre just doesn't do it for me—if you enjoy a good plot-focused mystery with spooky/creepy/horror elements, you'll probably like this one!
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Mental illness, Torture, Blood, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Religious bigotry, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, and Pregnancy
archaicrobin's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Alice is attached to this old village where her grandmother grew up. Alice heard all these stories and is enthralled with figuring out what happened to everyone in the village. Who stoned this lady to death? Where did everyone go? Why? To answer these questions Alice gathers a film crew made of friends and acquaintances with limited experience to travel to this town and film a documentary trying to figure out what happened.
Weird but mundane things start happening, none of the characters are like able or even seem like actual people. Alice is also absolutely the worst, no redeeming qualities at all in my opinion. As the gang bumbles along they start to realize they might not be alone. The story jumps back and forth between Now and Then. You see how this town starts to turn into a cult, kind of. It’s more like everyone wakes up one day and decides to just be psychos. The author tries to create a scenario where this whole cult thing makes sense, but it’s just too weak. “They all lost their jobs and this new hot guy says he’ll be their hot priest so now they’re a cult” isn’t really a good set up for me…
I did not enjoy this, I was disappointed and just kinda irritated honestly. Positives? The audiobook was great, very well done and the writing was also great. It was just everything else that sucked.
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Abandonment, and Alcohol