Reviews with content warning for Fire/Fire injury - Clown in a Cornfield

At first, I wasn't excited to be reading "Clown in a Cornfield" because I thought it was just another YA thriller, but I found myself enjoying it once I got past the first third of the book. I especially enjoyed the gore, which was totally unexpected. The story was fun and way better than I thought it was going to be.

I wanted Janet and Quinn to get together (especially after reading Janet's POV), but I guess that's not the case. On the other hand, I was surprised that Rust and Cole ended up together. Usually author's drop hints about a possible relationship but the hints for these two was really reading between the lines. I still want to know if they were secretly dating or if was that there has always been feelings and they just confessed at an interesting moment. I like the second possibility better so that’s what I’m going to believe.

I don't know how to feel about this ending. It definitely sets up the book for a sequel, but the epilogue felt like it was trying too hard. Nevertheless, I'm still probably going to buy the book to annotate and also read the other two books in the series.

This was the first time I digitally read a book so that played a role in me taking so long to read it (also the fact books over 400 pages intimidate me lol), but I still recommend this book to anyone looking for a good thriller.

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kikis_a_book_wh0r3's review against another edition

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dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

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? It's complicated

4.5

This was a really good story. Adam Cesar definitely keeps you on your toes and gives an amazing anxiety ridden tale of small town folks going crazy. Ultimately I feel like this would be a plan that MAGA would try to pull. Scary to think about. Its genocide but kept local? Lol I love that the ending sets it up for a sequel in true movie ending form!! A perfect nod to the classic slasher films. The audio performance was great as well! Definitely going to be checking out 2 & 3!!!

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dblue236's review

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dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

The title and cover tell you pretty much everything you need to know about this book. It's part teen slasher, part satire, all gore, and I honestly kind of loved it despite itself. It reminded me of the movies I loved as a teen, and the "reveal" toward the end that made it feel more like satire added to the fun, rather than detracting from it. This definitely didn't move any mountains, but that wasn't the intent and sometimes that's okay.

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kromez7's review

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dark lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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karlaolivera's review

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adventurous tense fast-paced

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

5.0

An amazing, fun slasher!
It uses some of the main tropes of the genre por I've never come across a slasher so thought out!

I've seen some mixed reviews but to me everything seemed intentional and when you thought some cliché was comming, it would take a 180 and surprise you!

Amazing horror youn adult novel. (but still very gruesome specially because there is the killing of teenagers involved)

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emzhay's review against another edition

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adventurous dark sad 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

2.75

A fun and quick slasher read. The characters weren’t really developed enough for me to truly care about anyone. Most of them blended together. The adults were borderline cartoonish. The build up, tension and kills were all good though, very cinematic. The killer reveal was a bit disappointing.

Actually it wasn’t just disappointing it was absurd.

I mean, a group of adults choosing to slaughter a bunch of teenagers who “terrorize” the town? How could they think they would possibly get away with it? And then trying to frame two kids for it that’s didn’t even use guns? Completely ridiculous. After I read the second town meeting scene I was really hoping the adults weren’t the killer, but alas.

I think the audiobook narration was l overacted and distracting. The accents and men’s voices also weren’t the best. I’ll be going with the print versions for the sequels.

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