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2.94 AVERAGE
2.94 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
mysterious
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Enjoyable, but slow. Also I feel like that character in Bob's Burgers who yelled, "That's not a twist! It's a lie!" in the episode where Linda makes a murder musical dinner theater and lies about not being the murderer when she really was.
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really feel what this book WANTED to be. There's a lot of nostalgia here - for childhood, for the early 90s and the horror movies of the era, for babysitting and the dynamics at play there. None of that particularly worked for me, and the jumping timeline made it fall even flatter. It would absolutely kill any sense of suspense and momentum and it felt like it was trying too hard to insert twists that weren't particularly compelling. The "clues" and even red herrings feel heavy handed. It feels like the book wants to read like an edge-of-your-seat slasher movie, but the characters read as unbelievable and annoying and the pacing was all wrong. I think the author nails a lot about being a kid, and especially being a young girl and a slightly older girl sizing each other up and trying to look out for themselves, but this wasn't enough to hold the book up for me. I'm frustrated because I think I would have enjoyed a shorter and more tightly edited version of this.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Self harm
challenging
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
I didn’t vibe with this but I will say the author does good character work and has some slick lines here and there. Fell a little short for me on the whole.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced