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Penpal by Dathan Auerbach

51 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

scumlow's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident and Gore

Moderate: Confinement, Kidnapping, and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

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

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

smileysam's review

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this book and tore through it in one sitting. I find it rare that I read something that makes me feel genuinely uneasy and this book conveyed that very well. The first chapter felt like a nightmare that the reader alongside the narrator couldn’t wake up from. There were many instances that gave me that stomach-dropping feeling (the Boxes chapter especially). I know some people complain that not every question is answered, but to me, that almost adds to the narrative and way the story is told throughout the book. I found that the themes of this book felt, unfortunately, very grounded in reality. This felt like a story that could happen, which made it all the more terrifying. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Kidnapping, Car accident, Adult/minor relationship, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death and Pedophilia

Minor: Animal cruelty

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

hailey_horror's review

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Kidnapping, Animal death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Car accident, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Murder, Bullying, Death, and Stalking

nagisasigh's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.5

this book broke my heart, but it was also gripping and well written.

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Content Warnings

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

Moderate: Kidnapping, Dementia, Grief, Medical content, and Pedophilia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship