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65 reviews

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

I originally wanted to read this book bc a reoccurring nightmare I had as a child was being chased/having to hide in an amusement park. I thought this was going to be SO tense and scare me but it was more of a mystery/thriller than a dark horror. I really liked it, but it stopped being tense about halfway through and then became a race to the finish line type of story. I wish more of the story was built in the hiding and the terror of being hunted instead of the why (maybe if it was longer?)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Blood, Suicide, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Grief, Violence, Toxic friendship, Gore, Racism, Misogyny, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Domestic abuse, and Death

voxvenati's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

The setup was good, and had potential, but it was more gory than actually scary. 

The whole theme park location was also under-used. It was pretty disappointing that the environment didn’t become a character of its own and instead became just a backdrop to drape all the characters over. 

The characters ended up being the most interesting part of the book. 

The way the book just ended was…disappointing. Some carnage might have been nice to see after all that setup.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore

Minor: Homophobia and Racism

wishling's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, Grief, Abandonment, and Suicide

Moderate: Racism

Minor: Lesbophobia

tarynlannister's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

First of all, I came to the reviews before reading to try to find out if the LGBTQ character(s) die, so I will provide that information in spoiler tag for you! 

They live :)

I'm really not a horror fan usually, but my book club picked this and I'll be the first to tell you I devoured it in a day. I was really pleasantly surprised by so much about it. Yes, it's horror, people are killed off, but once the story really picked up deaths weren't just gratuitous for the horror element. Most of the fear came from the unknown, not excessive descriptions of gore. So if you're like me you may enjoy it, but it may not necessarily be for more hardcore horror fans. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Gun violence, Murder, Religious bigotry, Classism, Death of parent, Child abuse, Child death, and Grief

Minor: Racism and Animal death

A side character who is cruel and unsympathetic is severely injured by another character and does not die immediately. There are descriptions of blood, gore, and suffering, which may be disturbing. A main character considers a mercy killing but does not do it. A character is traumatized by the murder of her family, including her child sister. She occasionally flashes back to this, and descriptions of the event are creepy and sad but not very graphic. A character was raised in a cult, and occasionally briefly discusses it.

krystalg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Suicide, Confinement, Death, Gaslighting, Grief, Gun violence, Death of parent, Blood, Child death, and Violence

Moderate: Medical trauma, Abandonment, and Cursing

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, and Animal death

wonderfulxwonderful's review against another edition

challenging dark hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide, Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Racism, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Self harm, Violence, and Lesbophobia

brindolyn's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Homophobia, Racism, Child death, Murder, Suicide, Ableism, Blood, Classism, Misogyny, and Violence

bookishgoob's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Holy cow! What a ride this was. A perfect fast paced summer horror book! If you watched & liked “Fear street” on netflix, i highly recommend this book! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Violence, Chronic illness, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Classism, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Domestic abuse, and Religious bigotry

dizzymissliz's review against another edition

dark emotional tense fast-paced

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

4.5

some of the characters were a little flat, but the development was good. the setting was really cool and the author is a really good writer who uses really descriptive language. i was on the edge of my seat the whole time and got a little scared! it was my favourite type of horror, the one where it builds up and you don't know what's coming until the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry, Blood, Child death, Suicide, Death, Murder, and Gore

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Alcoholism

Minor: Lesbophobia, Racism, and Homophobia

turtlebread's review against another edition

mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Pretty solid fun horror thriller while also being an interesting metaphor. Loved the writing, the rapid but smooth shifts in perspective are nice. Each character's voice feels distinct. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Minor: Racism and Gun violence