Reviews

The Undetectables by Courtney Smyth

fussl's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

kaveeta's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad 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

notyourgirl's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

shaunaber195's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious 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

3.75

cozmyer's review against another edition

adventurous emotional slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Chronic illness

Moderate: Gore

_ibby_'s review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful mysterious 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

kmblaney's review

mysterious reflective 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

3.5

emilyastr's review

adventurous 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

3.25

ellenmorgan's review

3.0

I guess?

vaanjai's review against another edition

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.5

This is an interesting one… I didn’t hate it…. But I had to force myself to finish it…. But it wasn’t hard to force myself to finish it… 

This read a bit like a queer person who love their queer group so much that they wanted to write a Scooby-doo esque book about them. It’s cute, but it somewhat felt too close to reality for a fantasy book to my taste? 

Also the whole Theodore death thing storyline really annoyed me. It felt so superficial and I wished the author spent a good chapter explaining his murder and the grief that the characters went through to deal with it

Overall it’s a cute book with lots of fab representation. I read it because I wanted something like Dead Boy Detectives, but it felt more like a mix between Sabrina the witch and Scooby-doo. But if that sounds great to you, then you’ll probably love it!