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You're Not Supposed to Die Tonight by Kalynn Bayron

30 reviews

clovetra's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-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? No

3.0

i am so confused. i went in thinking this would be a classic slasher horror. it was not!

i’m ngl i went into this thinking in the beginning chapters that this would be a 4-star at least. but the end half of this book went buck-wild in the worst way.

i’ll be nice and go over positives - gay people!!!!! i love the gays. i also love the gen-z language seamlessly worked into dialogue. some authors do such a bad job of imitating gen-z slang but i think it was done really well here! i also loved charity and bezi so much ugh they’re my queens

ok and now on to the negatives…… man what the fuck did i just read. this book was lowkey marketed to be a slasher. suddenly we have…. whatever the ending was! not only did it feel like it came out of left field & was poorly explained, the actual horror was crammed into like 50 pages. cmon it’s a 200 page book you didn’t need to spend 150 pages setting up the end. like if you needed that time to set it up…. make the actual horror element longer? make the book itself longer????????? what are we doing here.

like i still don’t fully understand the ending and the “perpetrator”. bro shit just kept coming out of every where not making any sense. 

plus, when your story takes so long to actually begin the meat of it…. i get bored. like seriously i didn’t need to hear for the umpteenth time that felix & the others are slackers!!! ooooo!! like cmon from the blurb i knew they were dead. you didn’t have to pretend i didn’t know for almost three fourths of this book.

plus the ending……. Huh? like how did they survive…. 

idk man. this book was trying to subvert expectations commonly found in horror stories, and create the perfect “final girl”, but in attempting to do that the actual story itself was not good. charity was characterised super well! but the plot was rushed, poorly fleshed out, and confusing as all hell.

i’m ngl tho even though i just tore this book up i can’t lie and say it didn’t entice me. my ass was sat. esp since a twitter moot recommended it!!!!! like if i could rate the characters? 4/5. some characters fell flat but bro i loved charity. the story? 1/5. in my mind this averages out to my rating. 

hey even if a book is absolute garbage (looking at you twilight) if i have fun it’s going to get a high rating sorry! but as much as i found this fun i cannot look past these flaws. like they bugged me sooooo much reading this. 

i feel like i need a cleansing good horror story after this. i’m gonna have to read fuckjng motherthing or something now like a palate cleanser.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Religious bigotry, Gore, Vomit, and Gun violence

Minor: Animal death

scrubsandbooks's review against another edition

adventurous dark 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

4.0

I know OF slasher movies... never watched them because I tend to not watch horror (I get scared VERY easily) but this was a book I fully expect would have become a cult classic horror movie if it came out as a movie in the 90s. It also gave me major The Quarry vibes (if you played that, you know what I mean... also probably the ONLY horror video game I have ever played). The twist in the end was very interesting and I do enjoy an ending that answers some questions while still leaving a bit of a mystery.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Death, Murder, and Blood

Moderate: Animal death

Minor: Sexual content and Vomit

zombiezami's review against another edition

medium-paced

3.0

I feel like the magic being introduced in the last third wasn't executed well

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Content Warnings

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

alexandramcgrew's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

3.75

this was a fun read, but i’m definitely glad i got it from the library

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Torture

Minor: Vomit

bookishflower's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

I enjoyed this until the 50% mark, but then it went off the rails a bit. I’d also be curious to know what Jewish readers thought.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Kidnapping, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Vomit, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Violence, Torture, Death, Gore, Emotional abuse, and Murder

vixenreader's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• 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

More of a cult folk horror than a slasher, and with a messy narrative structure, a cast of likeable teens with strong friendships, twists that I genuinely did not see coming, and visceral horror and gore made up for the book’s shortcomings.

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Content Warnings

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.

anon_ymous's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

I get spooked pretty easily, and this book had me on edge. I was so nervous and scared with every page I turned. I felt like I was at the camp & alongside the main characters.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Torture, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Vomit

snoopyfanclub's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.75

A fun but predictable read. I enjoyed it, but figured out all the twists before they happened (which made me feel smart). But I don’t think that lessened my reading enjoyment. I loved the characters who worked at the camp, and the dialogue felt realistic and fresh.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Gun violence, Animal death, Vomit, Body horror, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse

wrensreadingroom's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

lisashelves's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Animal death and Vomit