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allhailursula's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
The author didnt HAVE to include Slave Day in the schools spirit week.
The author didnt HAVE to use offensive language that may have been used back in the day.
The author didnt HAVE to write this book about young girls in a terribly flat, vapid, and boring way.
The author CHOSE to use homophobic language and situations.
The author CHOSE to include enough 80s references to bait readers into a sense of nostalgia that it distracted from a lacking plot.
The author CHOSE to include abelist stereotypes as a "comedic moment"
Id almost say that by adding those things the author shows a lack of creativity in navigating between making something offensive and feel like the 80s and something thats not offensive but still feels true to the time period. He didnt have to write those things, he chose to do so.
I am not sure how this author was able to make a jam packed book, filled with fast paced plot moments boring but he did.
If you like nostalgia porn and can read offensive material for the sake of fake authenticity then by all means. This captured the essence of a 80s possession horror to a T.
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Gore, and Vomit
Moderate: Bullying, Cursing, Sexual content, Body shaming, Drug use, Alcohol, Fatphobia, and Racism
Minor: Incest and Suicidal thoughts
madarauchiha's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
How do I begin to describe this book. Fucked up. Creepy. A tale about high schoolers but not in a irritating ya genre way. Very eighties tho I know nothing about that cultural time span. Well written with creepy gory horror shit. Pretty accurate regarding what shitty things teens do. Classism as well. I'd reccomend this as a pop horror. It doesn't take itself too seriously, but that doesn't mean it avoids triggering topics. The horror is more medium religous horror than constant ghost hauntings.
content warning:
Minor: ableist r slur, antiblack fetishization, car accidents, child death, cults, death, drug abuse, vomit / emetophobia, homophobia, homophobic qu**r slur [3 times], incest, medical content, murder, racism, whorephobic language
Medium: burns injury, car crashes, csa / pedophilia, date rape, drug use, drugging, guns, hate crime, injuries, medical content, menstruation, mouth trauma, rape, school shooting, serophobia / AIDs phobia, sexual assault, sexual violence, smoking tobacco, transmisogyny, victim blaming
Major: animal death, anti black racism, body horror, bullying / peer abuse, child abuse, dogs, drug use lsd, gun violence, injuries, insects, kidnapping, medical content, mental illness, parasites, religion [christianity], sexual assault, slavery [roleplay], suicide, suicide ideation, torture, unsanitary, violence, vomit / emetophobia, wrist trauma
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Medical content, Physical abuse, Racism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Torture, Vomit, and Violence
Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Medical content, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Transphobia
Minor: Car accident, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Vomit, Homophobia, Incest, Medical content, and Murder