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spooderman's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Hate crime, Physical abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Police brutality, Violence, Car accident, Cursing, Transphobia, Deadnaming, Bullying, Death, Body horror, Gun violence, Religious bigotry, Panic attacks/disorders, and Murder
Minor: Xenophobia, Dysphoria, Racial slurs, Alcohol, and Self harm
zephyr_trashwolf's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
5.0
Amazing! This book had my stomach twisting in knots. You feel for this group of friends with the town assuming innocent till guilty for a murder they didn’t commit. These friends struggle to survive a frenzied night against a town full of satanic-panic mad people, two crooked officers looking for a convenient scapegoat, and the devil themself (enjoying a wild night out and tired of being treated like a pet). The ending gave me goosebumps! The illustrations are masterful in their ability to portray emotions and scenes perfectly, a perfect mix of soft lines and terrifying visuals.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Murder, Child death, Gore, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death, Body horror, Bullying, Torture, Violence, and Transphobia
readingrainbill's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I feel like I'm doing a disservice to this graphic novel by reviewing it before reading the next volume (it's not out at the time of me writing this since I'm reading an ARC). I say that because I feel like I, the reader, just didn't get enough time with the characters because I didn't care. We're supposed to side with them because they're marginalized LGBTQ+ youth who get treated terribly by almost everyone. And because I'm not a monster, I did sympathize, but that wasn't enough to make me care about anyone.
Without any spoilers there's one scene when two of the characters are working and a third is just hanging out and their supervisor gives them crap about it. True, this supervisor may be far from an ally and maybe even antagonistic towards them, but dude (or the gender free equivalent), you have two friends working at a customer service job and you're just hanging out.
So it's the 70's and this small Christian town is scared because people have been murdered, supposedly by a cult, so they focus on the group of LGBTQ+ punks. On the surface this is a great idea but there's such a big scope to the story that in the 120ish page graphic novel, there wasn't enough to sink my teeth into.
Also there's a trans youth who gets misgendered and deadnamed by his parents and it's never mentioned within their friend group. The friends use he/him, which is great because it's what he wants, but I'd have liked a little more dialogue about his parents and also a better explanation about what caused the event at the very beginning.
There's a great idea here and I get the feeling that I'd really like this once it's complete and I can read it from beginning to end. But as it is, I'd just wait.
Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.
Without any spoilers there's one scene when two of the characters are working and a third is just hanging out and their supervisor gives them crap about it. True, this supervisor may be far from an ally and maybe even antagonistic towards them, but dude (or the gender free equivalent), you have two friends working at a customer service job and you're just hanging out.
So it's the 70's and this small Christian town is scared because people have been murdered, supposedly by a cult, so they focus on the group of LGBTQ+ punks. On the surface this is a great idea but there's such a big scope to the story that in the 120ish page graphic novel, there wasn't enough to sink my teeth into.
Also there's a trans youth who gets misgendered and deadnamed by his parents and it's never mentioned within their friend group. The friends use he/him, which is great because it's what he wants, but I'd have liked a little more dialogue about his parents and also a better explanation about what caused the event at the very beginning.
There's a great idea here and I get the feeling that I'd really like this once it's complete and I can read it from beginning to end. But as it is, I'd just wait.
Thanks to Net Galley and the publisher for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Blood, Murder, Death, Gore, and Hate crime
Moderate: Homophobia, Bullying, Cursing, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Deadnaming
nerdysread's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-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? It's complicated
4.0
Thank you NetGalley and OniPress for the e-arc
So in this graphic novel, we follow a group of young adults who are queer and marginalised during the satanic panic in the USA, and especially in a very religious and conservative little town. So when a murder happened the authorities create a moral panic saying satanic did it. And the group of fitness are the perfect ones to blame.
I really really really like it. I love queer horror stories. Like horror is queer for me, and we need way more queer horror stories. The drawings are great, and the group of friends is superbe. Like we can see how much they care for each others, they always have each others back, and are here for each others. The horror was pretty good too. And I really wanted to know, how they would survive this.
The thing that bothered me was the pacing. It felt weird at some point, but not bad either… I just hope we will have a sequel because this ending????
Rep: Trans guy MC, Trans woman MC, Black MC
TW: Homophobia, Queerphobia, Transphobia, Deadname, Misgendering, Gore, Violence
So in this graphic novel, we follow a group of young adults who are queer and marginalised during the satanic panic in the USA, and especially in a very religious and conservative little town. So when a murder happened the authorities create a moral panic saying satanic did it. And the group of fitness are the perfect ones to blame.
I really really really like it. I love queer horror stories. Like horror is queer for me, and we need way more queer horror stories. The drawings are great, and the group of friends is superbe. Like we can see how much they care for each others, they always have each others back, and are here for each others. The horror was pretty good too. And I really wanted to know, how they would survive this.
The thing that bothered me was the pacing. It felt weird at some point, but not bad either… I just hope we will have a sequel because this ending????
Rep: Trans guy MC, Trans woman MC, Black MC
TW: Homophobia, Queerphobia, Transphobia, Deadname, Misgendering, Gore, Violence
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Transphobia, Body horror, Death, Violence, Gun violence, Bullying, Cursing, Hate crime, Religious bigotry, and Deadnaming
Moderate: Lesbophobia
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