Reviews tagging 'Death'

Penpal by Dathan Auerbach

64 reviews

b0gd0g's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, and Stalking

Moderate: Kidnapping, Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Pedophilia

samantha914's review

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Child death, Grief, and Car accident

Minor: Fatphobia and Bullying

itsjustgrumpy's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

Utterly heart broken. Tense, and emotional. Auerbach gives you the pieces of the puzzle to put together yourself, each one more horrifying than the last. The final picture is harrowing. What a read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Stalking, Blood, Car accident, Child death, Death, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Trafficking and Dementia

Minor: Vomit

tarantulagirl's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Animal death, Kidnapping, Dementia, Stalking, and Pedophilia

cyndakeel's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Child death

Moderate: Death, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Stalking

star_charter152's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Body horror, Grief, Pedophilia, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Kidnapping, Animal death, Dementia, and Gore

amandalove2bme's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Bullying, Confinement, Murder, Torture, Violence, Death, Animal cruelty, Child death, Dementia, Kidnapping, Stalking, and Injury/Injury detail

cassidyzang's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Stalking, and Murder

marslotus's review

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

Dathan Auerbach has such a masterful handle on suspense and mystery, I was on the edge of my seat for the entirety of this read. I remember first listening to this years ago, back when it was a creepypasta YouTubers made into online audioreads and I'm so happy to return to it as an adult knowing it's just as creepy and engaging as I found it was when I was a kid. Even in moments where you can guess ahead of the narration what the horrifying reveal of each chapter will be, it still feels so earned and equally as terrifying. My only complaint is that it's not longer!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Car accident, Grief, Stalking, and Death

Moderate: Kidnapping, Blood, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Minor: Drug use, Pedophilia, Bullying, Mental illness, and Blood

poucks's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

This was absolutely a rollercoaster of a book and even though you can pretty much guess what is happening since the middle of the book, going through it and reading it as it happens makes it absolutely horrifying. 

There is one thing that really bothered me about this book though and I tried to go around it, but I couldn't at some times, but the things the MC did as a very young kid, were just not believable. A kid of 5 years old does not think or react as the kid in this book did and it made some things hard to receive in my mind.

But the story and the relationships and the ending were AMAZING! Great read non the less!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death