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bookishwinterwitch's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gore
Minor: Sexism
kinneybrynn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Death, Violence, Gore, and Blood
gkaltam's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Graphic: Gore
ripxw's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Grief
laurenkristine's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death
sunnasol's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Gore
Moderate: Violence
breazatoth's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Violence
Minor: Pregnancy and Sexual content
reesie_omnibus's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Gore and Death
Moderate: Blood
rachel_darling's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Animal death
entanglednovels's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
<i>The Shuddering</i> was published a few years before the video game was released, so it's suffering the unfortunate reality that I read it second, and thus compared it heavily to the game. There are definitely some major differences. <i>The Shuddering</i> doesn't name this enemy that hunts our heroes of the story. The characters are also older, and there's less of them. The video game has another couple of subplots that are resolved halfway to a third of the way through. None of them are present in this book. The ending is also vastly different - depending on how you play the game. So I still enjoyed this, but it did feel like the same story in a different form for the first 50-60%. I've actually tried to find out if the game developer took inspiration from this book, or if Ahlborn worked on the project at all, but nothing that I can see.
I have to say, I was satisfied with the uncertain ending Ahlborn gives us. So many questions left unanswered but in a good way. I loved the characters and think they were well done overall. I'd be happy to read some more from Ahlborn.
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Gore
Moderate: Sexual content