Reviews tagging 'Murder'

Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives by Adam Cesare

26 reviews

wganas4's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Violence

Moderate: Police brutality and Transphobia

kikis_a_book_wh0r3's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

I love when authors produce great sequels! Its so rare for me to find series that give me just as much energy and entertainment through the books as the first book gave. And Adam Cesare did an amazing job with this sequel. 

I really love Quinn and the relationship between Cole and Rust. Getting to read more of their friendships/relationships after the horror of the first book was so much fun.

Marta Lee and Izzy .... they were great additions to the story. Hunter was too, although I really wanted to strangle him at times, but I am sure that was the point.... well and Cole when it came to them talking to each other. 

I enjoyed this book thoroughly and Jesse does an AMAZING job with the audio books. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Murder, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Grief, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, and Stalking

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

Compulsively readable, Clown in a Cornfield 2's pivot to a parable about mob mentality is fun, but leaves much more promising material on the table.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Kidnapping, Violence, and Murder

elysianbud's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense 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? N/A

4.0

Begins with Scream VI vibes but then becomes a whole new thing of murder madness and scathing commentary. Very fun and riveting. 

I adore Jerri and I want only lovely, happy things for her...but also I want her in the next book so I guess terrible, awful things will have to happen to her again. Rooting for her! You go, little sister! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Body horror, Medical content, Gore, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mass/school shootings, Blood, Murder, and Police brutality

Moderate: Homophobia and Transphobia

jackieyvette's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

Very rarely do I like a sequel (unless it's a YA girl 12-14 series) and I can say with my whole chest this is equal to the original. It's fun and frightening in the best way. The characters from the first book expanded in ways that didn't chastise the original material.
The introduction or Jerri was so good and her story was a perfect introduction into the original three's story. The relationship she had with Ms. Reyes was complex to say the least.

'You do deserve this.' will stick around in my head for a while.

Can't wait for the next chapter of this story.

Crying score: nope

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Blood, Death, Medical content, Murder, Torture, Grief, Gore, Mass/school shootings, and Stalking

Moderate: Alcohol and Death of parent

czoltak's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Homophobia, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Fire/Fire injury, and Murder

imstephtacular's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Murder, Gore, Body horror, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Gun violence

Moderate: Police brutality, Homophobia, Gaslighting, Confinement, Emotional abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Abandonment, Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Torture, Grief, Physical abuse, Medical content, Cursing, and Death of parent

Minor: Medical trauma and Mass/school shootings

laurenvoice's review against another edition

dark 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? No

4.5

Frendo Lives was a fun-filled gore-fest with many twists and turns!

However, the ending, the showdown, was a tad disappointing compared to the first book. It felt too rushed after the majority of the book was well-paced. Nonetheless, the final chapter left us with many questions and possibilities for the third book, and I am excited to see how that turns out! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Murder

Minor: Panic attacks/disorders and Transphobia

victoriaharris001's review against another edition

emotional 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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Gore, Gun violence, Infidelity, Murder, Police brutality, Stalking, Violence, Death of parent, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Blood, Child death, and Death

cammaleahh's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Drug abuse, Suicidal thoughts, and Stalking