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this book could have been great, but it fell flat on its face for me

I can’t honestly say there was one likeable character in the whole book… also, I get that they ate edibles but c’mon man, they all acted so stupid and infuriating

kcanny's review against another edition

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dark mysterious 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? Yes

3.5

itsgivingjacob's review

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dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.0

slow at the start but when it picks up it gets real good

frankiereads93's review

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced

4.0

thebookstalker's review against another edition

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challenging dark funny tense fast-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

4.5

alilbitofmonica's review

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3.0

I didn't love this and I didn't hate it.
Quite frankly, this book felt pretty boring to me. They don't get to the carnival until halfway through, and maybe it was the writing style, but if it wasn't an active death scene, I wasn't really that interested? But the kills were pretty brutal, so that was fun. And the fun little hints/easter eggs along the way to help you piece things together was pretty fun.
- I wanted... more horror?
- I understand WHY we needed a lot of foundation for the characters and spent more time getting to know their lives... but to spend half of the book on setup felt like an eternity. And this was a short book already...
- Why did they all need to be high for this? Honestly, it made the kills less exciting because they're just staring aimlessly or giggling or something.
- Are these the only girls at their school? How does the most popular, most athletic, most musical, most techy, most whatever girls all manage to be best friends somehow and have deep emotional memories together? It felt a little too convenient for them to all be besties before this when it was genuinely a senior tradition?

Am I still going to read the sequel? Yep, because I still need to know what can come next after this.

booksonawire's review

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adventurous funny tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved this! It was quick, fun, and gorier than I expected and I will definitely be buying more from Ivy Tholen.

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