Reviews tagging 'Injury/Injury detail'

Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

55 reviews

emzhay's review against another edition

adventurous dark sad tense fast-paced

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

2.75

A fun and quick slasher read. The characters weren’t really developed enough for me to truly care about anyone. Most of them blended together. The adults were borderline cartoonish. The build up, tension and kills were all good though, very cinematic.  The killer reveal was a bit disappointing. 

Actually it wasn’t just disappointing it was absurd.

I mean, a group of adults choosing to slaughter a bunch of teenagers who “terrorize” the town? How could they think they would possibly get away with it? And then trying to frame two kids for it that’s didn’t even use guns? Completely ridiculous. After I read the second town meeting scene I was really hoping the adults weren’t the killer, but alas.

I think the audiobook narration was l overacted and distracting. The accents and men’s voices also weren’t the best. I’ll be going with the print versions for the sequels. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child abuse, Gun violence, and Murder

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Racism

loosejelly's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

It was a slasher movie put to page! I felt like I was watching a movie in the best way. It was campy and tense and I loved the surprise queer rep!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Murder, Mass/school shootings, and Gore

Moderate: Death of parent, Cursing, and Police brutality

corporealmystic's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Listen, if you are afraid of clowns, this definitely isn't for you.

Frendo is Kettle Springs mascot. His face is on the dilapidated factory outside Quinn's new bedroom. It's not creepy at all, right?

Quinn and her father moved to Kettle Springs for a new start after a very publicized death of her mother. Glenn believed that him and his daughter needed the change, but he didn't realize that the townspeople also wanted a change as well.

The characters are amazingly written and will keep you entertained throughout the book. There are a few twists and turns that you won't see coming in the dynamics of the group that we follow throughout the story.

The atmosphere is small town creepy, and it totally works. The writing style sucks you in and makes you think about being in these situations yourself and how you would react.

Overall, it is a great read! I suggest it for anyone who is a fan of horror and wants some entertainment. I will be picking up the second in the series as soon as possible.

"Make Kettle Springs Great Again!"

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Gore, Alcoholism, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Gun violence, Murder, Blood, Bullying, Death, Medical content, Body horror, Child death, Medical trauma, and Violence

telliot's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

whatthegayle's review against another edition

dark funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

“Looking at these houses, Quinn was struck with the feeling that Kettle Springs had left its best days behind. The town had given up.”

This book was a fun and quick read! Loved how the adults were fighting against the kids, and was pleased with how the book never made me lose interest!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Car accident, Child death, Police brutality, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, Cursing, Gore, Death, and Violence

atiek's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.25

The twist is that this book is gay! ;)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Grief, Murder, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Gore, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Violence

clevergirl216's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

This book got off to a slow start, and I almost quit reading it. But when it got going, it really got going and was hard to put down. Much more gore than I usually read, but all of the tension, twists and turns made it with putting up with.

The author tied up all of the ongoing storylines,, so until the very end, I couldn’t figure out how there could be a logical sequel.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gore, Violence, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Death of parent

mollyolloxenfree25's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Gore

Moderate: Drug abuse

booksarefriends_notfood's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

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

3.25

This book was an enjoyable read and a good introduction to horror for people who don't have a lot of experience in the genre. It reads a lot like an 80s slasher film which I found to be more entertaining than I thought I would. It also has some elements that are a little far-fetched but just crazy enough to be viable for the plot. It was a fast-paced read, would definitely recommend for horror readers dipping their toe in or for someone feeling nostalgic for slasher movies. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Alcohol, Gore, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Murder, and Violence

hschlecht's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Drug use, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Cursing, Child death, Blood, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder