Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Fantasticland by Mike Bockoven

114 reviews

lori007's review

challenging dark sad tense fast-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, Murder, Violence, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, and Death

Moderate: Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

whatzoreads's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Bullying, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Gun violence, Vomit, War, Violence, Cannibalism, Murder, Hate crime, Torture, Slavery, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

hollispaige's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

Im going to start this review by saying daaaammmmnnnn i inhaled this book. This is the first book of the year i have started and finished in one sitting. I’m not seeing how this book doesn’t have all the hype. 
The writing style: ✅ the interview type of writing was so different. It truly felt like a different person wrote each “interview.”
The plot: ✅ what a great lil storyline, can’t say i’ve been expose to anything similar. 
Gory details: ✅ just the right amount of gory details sprinkled throughout. 
Literally, my only complaint about this book was needing more. There were a few holes that never got filled, my partner says “they want you to fill it in.” But i don’t want to fill  it in. I want to KNOW what happened (the 2 masked people, did Sam kill that girl, who was the 3rd body in the hotel, Alice’s story, etc). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying and Sexual assault

Minor: Cannibalism

missbreathing's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Gun violence

Minor: Cannibalism

boombaeyah's review

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Fans of horror and survival should give this book a try! The book is essentially a compilation of interviews from the survivors from being stranded at Fantasticland for a month after a big hurricane. Each narrator is unreliable and the stories build on each other. It’s a very compelling read! Wish there was more!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Gore, Blood, and Murder

Minor: Cannibalism

asianunknown13's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This book is immersive from the start. It was amazing how real the events of the book felt.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

its_ash's review

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

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

mousetrap's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Murder, Gore, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Body horror, Blood, Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Slavery

Moderate: Gun violence, Bullying, Mass/school shootings, Physical abuse, Racism, and Gaslighting

Minor: Classism, Cannibalism, Vomit, and Toxic friendship

zgreads's review

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Murder, Child death, Violence, and Mass/school shootings

regaberry's review

dark tense medium-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, Murder, Rape, War, Gore, and Blood