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cepbreed's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Cutter does such a great job characterizing the boys of Troop 52. They make mistakes, they're full of angst and curiosity. The relationships between the boys are complex and I absolutely loved the layers to this. In the first half of the book, I found all of them to be little shits. This continued until the end, but I also realized I was being unfair to these characters. And maybe it was the point to despise them all a little bit.
The structure of this story, traditional chapters intermingled with newspaper articles, interviews, research logs etc was unconventional and I enjoyed it so much. The story wouldn't be the same without it. I read the acknowledgments for once and turns out Cutter was inspired to do this by Stephen King's Carrie, so maybe that will be one of my next reads.
Songs:
- Sick of Being Young - Krooked Kings
- Christmas Kids - ROAR
Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Blood
Moderate: Grief, Medical content, Animal death, Body shaming, Animal cruelty, Bullying, and Alcohol
Minor: Excrement and Fatphobia
jenc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
My roommate loves this book. He's very unsettled by it and I agree, v spoopy, v uncomfy, v no thank you. But...I just really need to read a horror book that commits to an ending. The last 3 have been all hand-wavy and I just want something else.
Graphic: Self harm, Suicide, Body horror, Gore, Violence, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Child death, and Animal death
Moderate: Body shaming, Gaslighting, Bullying, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Confinement, Cursing, and Fatphobia
Minor: Cancer, Gun violence, Vomit, Alcohol, and Excrement
mommarex1221's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Torture, Toxic friendship, Confinement, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Self harm, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, and Animal cruelty
Moderate: Abandonment, Excrement, Body shaming, Vomit, and Mental illness
Minor: Alcohol
whatathymeitwas's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Child death, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Terminal illness, Torture, Violence, Vomit, Animal cruelty, Grief, Self harm, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Stalking, Suicide attempt, and Toxic friendship
Moderate: Alcohol, Cannibalism, Death of parent, Sexism, Sexual harassment, and Sexual content
Minor: Rape
sexualedward's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Child death, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Self harm, Torture, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Toxic friendship, and Terminal illness
Moderate: Gun violence, Confinement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Homophobia, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Cursing, Sexual content, and Torture
Minor: Alcohol and Bullying
mostlyliterate's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Abandonment, Blood, Body shaming, Confinement, Medical content, Violence, and Vomit
Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Cannibalism, Cursing, Excrement, Fire/Fire injury, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual content, Torture, and Toxic friendship
olenam312's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Self harm, Suicide attempt, and Violence
Moderate: Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Sexual content, and Vomit
Minor: Alcohol, Cannibalism, and Homophobia
spoclc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Animal cruelty, Murder, Violence, Terminal illness, Torture, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Medical trauma, Medical content, Gore, Fatphobia, Death, Child death, Bullying, Body horror, Blood, and Body shaming
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Police brutality and Alcohol
ashleycmms's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Death, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Self harm, Medical content, Blood, Body horror, Murder, Violence, Gore, and Confinement
Moderate: Bullying, Fatphobia, and Ableism
Minor: Alcohol