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norspider's review
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
A church camping trip turns into a hellish nightmare when a monstrous spider appears.
The characters, and story, are flat. Look elsewhere for depth, chances, or anything other than a cookie-cutter monster story. It's obvious from the beginning who the survivors will be. None of the characters grow, change, or develop in any way.
There are a few fun scenes, and the book is written very cinematic. These help make it an easy read. But exactly what you think will happen, happens every time.
I don't expect to go back to these authors again.
The characters, and story, are flat. Look elsewhere for depth, chances, or anything other than a cookie-cutter monster story. It's obvious from the beginning who the survivors will be. None of the characters grow, change, or develop in any way.
There are a few fun scenes, and the book is written very cinematic. These help make it an easy read. But exactly what you think will happen, happens every time.
I don't expect to go back to these authors again.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Animal death, and Blood
Moderate: Child death and Fire/Fire injury
gssll_lpz's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
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? Yes
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Death, and Child death
Moderate: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood
beetfuse's review
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Blood, Animal death, and Gore
ekmook's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-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? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail
jessica_lovely's review
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child death and Death
_thelitlibrarian's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- 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? No
3.0
3.00 stars
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TW; child death, gore, blood, death, stalking, isolation.
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Megan Forrester is haunted by her past, six months ago she witnessed the gruesome death of her husband and son. When a church retreat makes itself available to her, she figures what could go wrong? An eclectic group packs their way onto a bus to drive out to the middle of nowhere - what they don't realize is that this will be the fight for their lives. On the first night one of our unreliable characters "forgets" something on the bus, as he is accompanied by the tour guide back things go rogue very soon. The tour guide disappears and there's something in the woods hunting them.
We soon find out that there's a giant spider living in the woods and will hunt them down by their movements, the solution? They don't move. Realizing that this is not a real solution, the survivors of the group realize they need to move, and without disturbing the spider. It was really cool reading how the group progressed with escaping.
This made me feel as if I were watching a cheesy B-movie you'd watch on tv, the dialogue was okay, but it felt like every moment was peppered with as much drama as possible. The opening was probably the best part of the book, it was so graphic and was so descriptive, it has turned me off completely of amusement park rides. Other than that, it felt like the story moved too quickly, it seemed as if the moment they started to arrive they were getting killed off. We didn't really get to know any of them much - I think slowing down the pace would have really helped.
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TW; child death, gore, blood, death, stalking, isolation.
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Megan Forrester is haunted by her past, six months ago she witnessed the gruesome death of her husband and son. When a church retreat makes itself available to her, she figures what could go wrong? An eclectic group packs their way onto a bus to drive out to the middle of nowhere - what they don't realize is that this will be the fight for their lives. On the first night one of our unreliable characters "forgets" something on the bus, as he is accompanied by the tour guide back things go rogue very soon. The tour guide disappears and there's something in the woods hunting them.
We soon find out that there's a giant spider living in the woods and will hunt them down by their movements, the solution? They don't move. Realizing that this is not a real solution, the survivors of the group realize they need to move, and without disturbing the spider. It was really cool reading how the group progressed with escaping.
This made me feel as if I were watching a cheesy B-movie you'd watch on tv, the dialogue was okay, but it felt like every moment was peppered with as much drama as possible. The opening was probably the best part of the book, it was so graphic and was so descriptive, it has turned me off completely of amusement park rides. Other than that, it felt like the story moved too quickly, it seemed as if the moment they started to arrive they were getting killed off. We didn't really get to know any of them much - I think slowing down the pace would have really helped.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Blood, Stalking, Child death, and Death
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