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The Taking of Jake Livingston by Ryan Douglass

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curlyghost307's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

2.0

I dont like that it tried to make you feel bad for/sympathize with the school shooter. It was written well and covered other good topics, but that part just kinda soiled the book for me.

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kadori's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

It was too young lit for me. And also too fast and short.

cait_readsxox's review against another edition

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4.0

This book definitely creeped me out at some parts especially if you don’t like bugs. This also was hard hitting and dealt with dark topics. I really enjoyed this debut!

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2.0

not really what i expected? idk. it felt like it had a lot of points to make but stopped just short of making them. not a lot really happened? i wanted so bad to like jake more than i did but the writing seemed to favor the school shooter instead somehow. which is weird.

favorite line:

“I’m only good at drawing the bad things.”