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tea_coffee_sam's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
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
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Blood, Kidnapping, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Violence
Moderate: Grief
Minor: Child death, Animal death, Bullying, and Medical content
crashedandburned's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, and Suicide
pip10's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
sad
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Cursing, Death of parent, Kidnapping, and Murder
Moderate: Child death, Outing, Torture, Vomit, Medical trauma, Grief, Suicide, Violence, Medical content, Self harm, Ableism, Bullying, and Suicide attempt
Minor: Stalking, Transphobia, Suicidal thoughts, Cancer, and Chronic illness
readingwithsierra's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Violence, Suicide, Gore, Blood, and Death
Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Bullying
indigo_ewenicorn's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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
5.0
I am in love with Charlie and Sam!
I did not want this book too end and feel like I just want to know everything about all the different characters in this story. What is Ollie's history? Is Dante the only ghost pet? Where'd he come from?
I love the LGBTQIA+ representation in this book. It is part of the story, but not the main focus of it. Just like in life, sexuality is part of a person's story, but doesn't need to be the focus of it.
I'm very excited to get the next book in this series and continue on Charlie and Sam's journey.
Charlie is a teenage boy who after dying in the operating room and being brought back to life has gained the ability to see spirits/ghosts. He mostly tries to stay away from the spirits as they have the ability to interact with him and hurt him if they wish. Some spirits are stuck in a death loop where they re-live the moments of their deaths over and over again. If Charlie gets too close to a death loop he can get sucked in and experience everything that has happened to the person in the loop.
Some of the more famous ghosts around York are disappearing and rumor has it that they are being taken by the Shadow Man. Charlie reluctantly forms an alliance with Sam, who has the same abilities as Charlie, but knows more about the magic surrounding the dead as well. They enter a whirlwind mystery investigation into the missing ghosts. They team up with old friends of Charlie's, Leonie and Mitch. Together they solve the mystery of the missing ghosts and through it all discover that Charlie and Sam are quite smitten with each other.
I am curious about Charlie's sisters. Do they have special abilities too? Will they play a bigger part in the next book? Will Charlie tell his parents what he can do and how will they react? Who is "The Hand"?
I did not want this book too end and feel like I just want to know everything about all the different characters in this story. What is Ollie's history? Is Dante the only ghost pet? Where'd he come from?
I love the LGBTQIA+ representation in this book. It is part of the story, but not the main focus of it. Just like in life, sexuality is part of a person's story, but doesn't need to be the focus of it.
I'm very excited to get the next book in this series and continue on Charlie and Sam's journey.
Some of the more famous ghosts around York are disappearing and rumor has it that they are being taken by the Shadow Man. Charlie reluctantly forms an alliance with Sam, who has the same abilities as Charlie, but knows more about the magic surrounding the dead as well. They enter a whirlwind mystery investigation into the missing ghosts. They team up with old friends of Charlie's, Leonie and Mitch. Together they solve the mystery of the missing ghosts and through it all discover that Charlie and Sam are quite smitten with each other.
I am curious about Charlie's sisters. Do they have special abilities too? Will they play a bigger part in the next book? Will Charlie tell his parents what he can do and how will they react? Who is "The Hand"?
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: War
waiticantread's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Blood, Death, and Violence
There is a lot of death in this book and it gets talked about often in detailkrogalik's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide, Suicide attempt, Gun violence, and Murder
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, Child death, Blood, Bullying, Medical trauma, and Violence
catherinedsharp's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
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
5.0
A beautiful and spooky read, perfect for October! A wonderful mix of the cosy and the dark, creating a story of found family and making the world a better place. Can be quite dark and graphic at points but would recommend.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Death, Murder, and Grief
readingqueerly's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Started off a little awkward and cringe but once the plot kept going it really didn't stop though, which had it's its perks and downfalls. Exposition took upnquite some time at the start which was very much needed as the plot that followed was very dense and didn't always have enough breaks to process and have a moment of rest. Though knowing there is a sequel I also understand why everything was so densely packed. There were a lot of different ideas and plotlines and clues stated up that will likely come back in the second book. It does provide some perspective. I think without knowing this was part of a series I would have found it too much and too overwhelming.
All in all not bad at all though, good for the spooky season, very diverse as well since the MC is disabled and gay with his love interest and antagonist being trans and gay and some queer and disabled b characters mixed in as well.
There were quite some characters introduced in this book of which I hope we get to see more in future book(s). I feel like their role was too big to be just a background character but too small to just leave out. It would be a pity so I'm curious to see about that.
A fun spooky read that does feel like a debut if I had sto summarise.
All in all not bad at all though, good for the spooky season, very diverse as well since the MC is disabled and gay with his love interest and antagonist being trans and gay and some queer and disabled b characters mixed in as well.
There were quite some characters introduced in this book of which I hope we get to see more in future book(s). I feel like their role was too big to be just a background character but too small to just leave out. It would be a pity so I'm curious to see about that.
A fun spooky read that does feel like a debut if I had sto summarise.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Injury/Injury detail
shadowspinner's review against another edition
dark
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
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, and Violence
Moderate: Death of parent and Torture
Minor: Bullying and Child death