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zombiezami's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Kidnapping, Body horror, Confinement, Violence, Death, Child death, Abandonment, Gore, Grief, Cursing, Death of parent, Murder, Blood, Animal death, Child abuse, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Torture
Minor: Vomit, Sexual content, and Racism
bookb1itch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Blood, Abandonment, Death, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Cursing
vixenreader's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Animal cruelty, Abandonment, Animal death, Child death, Blood, Body horror, Death, Stalking, Child abuse, Violence, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Medical content, Cursing, Gun violence, and Torture
Minor: Sexual content, Police brutality, and Racism
There is also police negligence, ritualistic sacrifice, weaponry, horror movie spoilers and bodies hidden in lakes.arkwen452's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
There were several instances where there was this buildup of the stereotypical, crazy woman rambling all things in the woods, and is perceived to be the scary entity in a story. There were the stereotypical of the lake that were ignored, and the disappearance of the other Staff set on the team that was over look for basically a week. While charity is only 17 years old, she was basically the manager of the entire crew.
They were points where she seemed like she was capable and in charge and then in the same sentence would express how she was scared, and shaken up. it did not help to suspend my belief in charities character as being a regular old team, who was in love with her movies and being the "Final Girl" and then turning around to be scared in certain instances.
Overall, the book is riddled with stereotypes from scary movies; down the line about unwanted kids going missing while away at camp.
Graphic: Cursing, Grief, Blood, Body horror, Gun violence, Murder, Animal death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Racism
wrensreadingroom's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Abandonment, Domestic abuse, Grief, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Animal cruelty, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Police brutality, Sexual content, Stalking, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Cursing, Toxic friendship, Blood, Kidnapping, Confinement, Gore, Gun violence, Medical trauma, and Physical abuse
tey_lynn's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
Minor: Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Animal death, Murder, Violence, Child abuse, Death, and Cursing
laird_br0wn3's review against another edition
Moderate: Gaslighting and Cursing
Minor: Sexual content
queer_bookwyrm's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron is a YA horror, perfect for fans of slasher horror films. Let me be clear, I'm not the biggest horror fan. I'm a bit of a wimp and don't care for the gorey stuff, but I did enjoy this short read with a black lesbian MC and final girl.
We follow Charity, the final girl of Camp Mirror Lake's full contact terror simulation. Charity's summer job is to be the final girl and oversee the simulation of scaring the pants off the guests that pay to be on the site the movie was filmed at. When a couple of staff go missing (assumed to have just quit), Charity invites her girlfriend, Bezi and their friend Paige to come help with staffing the simulation. Soon Charity and her friends find out something fucky is up with Camp Mirror Lake when some lady comes in swinging a gun around. Things get really weird and really gorey until we get to the end where my response, out loud, was "well shit ".
This was a great scary book for spooky season! It has all the vibes. It's kind of meta in the way that it's about a terror simulation based on a movie similar to Friday the 13th, but then actual murder starts to happen, but the characters don't have genre blindness. They know about the horror movie rules. I do love how Bayron has subverted the final girl trope, and given it to a queer girl of color.
As previously stated, I'm not a fan of gore, so I could have gone without that in here, but the suspense did keep me on my toes, and made me blow through this in two days. I was surprised that all the twists were not predictable. The end left me feeling like something else is about to happen, just like a good horror movie makes you feel like it's not quite yet.
Graphic: Gun violence, Murder, Violence, Blood, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Animal death and Cursing
readwithsophsx's review against another edition
- 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? It's complicated
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Gore, Death, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, Physical abuse, Cursing, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
jay_da_bookworm's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Death, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Body horror
Moderate: Gore, Animal death, and Cursing