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Dead Eleven

Jimmy Juliano

3.7 AVERAGE

emsmeat's review against another edition

3.5

dark mysterious 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: Yes

Sisters, I liked this book so much until the end. Quintessential nosleep vibes meets Shutter Island? We know that something bad has happened, that there is some evil that needs to be watched, but not what or why or even how. Love the mixed media presentation. I understood the motivations for Willow (consumed by grief far beyond a reasonable person) but it wasn't fleshed out enough to actually make sense with her decisions, especially her acknowledgment of Jacob not being real but then still has to go with him just because it's Jacob... It wasn't the greatest book but I could overlook many of the problems until then, and then I was just annoyed. Still vibes were overall creepy and I had a fun ride - read this in just a few sittings. 3.4

ruby_elizabeth's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

amelia_horseman's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This book has some real lovecraft vibes about the story but it’s really well done. Good mystery. A little weak on the “creepy/horror”. More thriller mystery with a supernatural resolution. Audiobook is a banger and the guy reading did awesome vocal work in the final chapters with the “horror” that gave me chills. Absolutely worth the read. / listen.

arggimapirate's review against another edition

3.0

The premise of this book is nuts, so I don't know why I'm surprised that the content was totally nuts, but I guess it's that it turned out to be nuts in a way I wasn't expecting. Three stars for total and complete originality, but I honestly am struggling to think of a single person I would recommend this book to. It turns out this is the author's first book, having previously had viral posts on the NoSleep subreddit. Soooo perhaps I recommend this to fans of the NoSleep subreddit!