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joensign's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Murder
Moderate: Car accident, Gun violence, Homophobia, Alcoholism, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Abortion, Cancer, and Child abuse
blairlovesbooks's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
Graphic: Gun violence and Violence
Moderate: Homophobia
iconicavocado's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Three takeaways:
What I really loved about this is book is its originality. A reality tv, lesbian, bigfoot, horror mystery it was! Well written and unique ways of injecting intrigue and context between chapters that were creative and added to the lore.
Unfortunately there is so much here that I wish this book was longer and that things didn't wrap up as quickly as it does. I really started liking the characters, themes, and lore but as soon as that happens. Bam! We're done! I wish there'd be a sequel but I doubt that will happen.
I recommend if you like a quirky, short book that explore themes of social media, women relationships, and how we value ourselves. Also there's a female bigfoot so...
Graphic: Gun violence, Death, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Animal death
stine_0's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death, Car accident, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Alcoholism, Gore, Murder, and Gun violence
Moderate: Racism, Alcohol, Death, Homophobia, Kidnapping, Murder, Bullying, Confinement, Alcoholism, Gore, Blood, Car accident, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Lesbophobia, and Biphobia
Minor: Biphobia, Vomit, Bullying, Homophobia, Religious bigotry, Abortion, Racism, Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Sexism, and Alcohol
chanlo1994's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Gore, Gun violence, Outing, Murder, Vomit, Car accident, Homophobia, and Body horror
Moderate: Alcoholism
bex4dayz's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, and Gore
Moderate: Homophobia and Suicide
cmboyke's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Classism, Religious bigotry, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Bullying, Colonisation, Sexism, Violence, Gore, Homophobia, Medical content, Misogyny, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Fatphobia, Lesbophobia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Death, Car accident, Murder, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Body shaming, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Self harm, Ableism, Drug use, Kidnapping, Abortion, Biphobia, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Racism, Stalking, and Toxic friendship
abigailc0x's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
I liked the pacing of the second half of the book but the first half did go very slow for me
So confused would have kind of liked more of an explanation but whatever
For a book that says it’s a queer horror it isn’t very gay more a book that just had a gay couple in
Graphic: Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Violence, Death, and Car accident
Moderate: Body horror, Alcoholism, and Gun violence
eliya's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
It took me about a month to read this pretty short book lol. 13 hours of reading time.
Loved the “weird” nature of the book, combining two loved genres, the snide remarks the characters make about each other. There are some good quotes from this book that I’ll be listing below. I don’t think you’re supposed to like any character and I definitely didn’t lol. Loved the physical descriptions the author used to describe feelings.
Did not love the writing style. The author focused a lot on scene dressing and filled most of the book with painful, needless details and empty attempts to develop internal dialogue between the different characters.
In the author’s note, the author talks about how it took courage to write this “weird” book, but it truly was not weird enough.
I had a lot of hopes for this book, but all in all, it was: boring, boring, cringy and unbelievable, funny, boring, until 80% through, then it was really exciting!! Where was that the whole rest of the book?
Favorite quotes out of context -
“For Alexa, the knife in my heart”
“But that was the point, wasn’t it? To be reminded.”
“Some pretzel bags are prettier than others…”
"But she's trying to stop searching for herself in the eyes of others"
"Standing over her like a gangly teenager about to ask his mom for lunch money"
"He tasted minty and yet somehow still disgusting, like Altoids that had been scraped off of the floor of the car."
"She imagines what it would be like to have a brain unburdened by intelligence--and then Vanessa's..."
"Casey didn't finish; she wasn't expecting to"
"It seems like the sort of place where you could actually just live life, instead of researching the best way to live your life on the internet."
"Nothing but silence and sky. It feels like the end of the world."
"...barely notice it at first, is a fresh human head, detached from a body that is nowhere to be found. Her hair tied in a ponytail, her expression frozen in shock, a layer of blood caking on pale skin. 'Hi, Amanda,' Renee says, looking down at the head. Amanda doesn't speak back, because she's a disembodied head. Alas, poor Amanda."
Indefatigable - Persisting tirelessly.
Eponymous -
- (of a person) giving their name to something.
- "the eponymous hero of the novel"
- (of a thing) named after a particular person.
- "Roseanne's eponymous hit TV series"
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Death, Violence, Murder, and Gore
Moderate: Alcoholism, Religious bigotry, Gun violence, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Terminal illness, Homophobia, Cancer, and Abortion
Minor: Racism, Fatphobia, and Grief
ncindc's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Graphic: Car accident, Cursing, Homophobia, Death, Religious bigotry, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Alcoholism, Lesbophobia, Abortion, Racism, Murder, Gun violence, Violence, and Blood