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jmeyers888's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death, Gore, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Racism
Minor: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, and War
krissysbooked's review against another edition
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Trafficking, and Injury/Injury detail
_egg_wash's review against another edition
- 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
4.75
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, and Murder
Moderate: Alcoholism
Minor: Suicide
kcelena's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
shannananahey's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Suicide, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia, Misogyny, Grief, Colonisation, and Classism
connorjdaley's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This is a fourteen person, seven day hide-and-seek competition. Two people can get out a day and there is only one single winner. With $50,000 on the line, even with the game running from sunup to sundown daily, who wouldn’t be enticed into playing? Of course nothing is as it seems, there’s the horror.
At only 240 pages, this is a rather short one. Yet it still felt like kind of a slog to me. The story takes a strange amount of time to get going, the characters’ backgrounds play so heavily into the story and yet most of them are pointless or even unbelievable. The exposition takes away almost all of the creepiness…and let me tell you, this could have been a really creepy story.
The last section of the book though I really did enjoy (although even that felt like it went on for a little too long) which saved it. Once the truth is out the novel kind of goes balls-to-the-walls for the last 40 or so pages. Still in no way creepy or scary, but at the least I was entertained and interested to see what happened.
Kind of into it, but I didn’t love it.
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
bookishgoob's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Chronic illness, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Physical abuse, Racism, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
tkhenry99's review against another edition
3.75
Moderate: Child death, Confinement, Death, Blood, and Death of parent
Minor: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Lesbophobia
nixieba25f's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Excrement, Kidnapping, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Religious bigotry, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Lesbophobia, Gaslighting, Abandonment, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
livlamentloathe's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Death, Suicide, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Homophobia, Mental illness, Racism, Religious bigotry, and Lesbophobia
Minor: Domestic abuse, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, and War