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funkyartmuffins's review
- 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? Yes
4.0
I only had a couple of small issues like:
But it was really fun to read and those are all minor complaints! Can't wait to find more books by this author!
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Stalking, Violence, Medical trauma, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Torture
Moderate: Murder
Minor: Child death and Pregnancy
omair's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.75
Hunted is an easy read, with short chapters that change scenes at a frantic pace. Mixed with the extremely generic world - more on this in a moment - everything feels foggy or blurry. If this is by design, as I'm choosing to believe to credit author Darcy Coates, then it meets the mood at every turn of the page. If you don't believe this to be intentional, well, then the cracks in the story will likely prove to be too great.
From the first paragraphs, Hunted really imparts a vision of a horror B-movie, something made to be straight to streaming. The character and story tropes are laid on thick
One of our main POVs
And with that, the mystery is afoot... except that it's not really a mystery at all. Pay just a bit of attention, and you quickly
But what it does lack is anything to really draw you in, to get lost amidst the details or to feel transported into its world. Nothing feels particularly vibrant or lived in. Frankly, I found myself questioning when and where the story takes place. It may as well be set in an alternate USA where they did adopt the metric system and Zuckerberg's rise stalled well into the 2010's.
In the end, I did not hate reading it, nor did I particularly enjoy it, but - most telling for me - I'm not even sure I'll remember having done so a month from now. As such, it's hard for me to recommend this to others, but maybe it'll be a guilty pleasure read for you. I finished it over the course of two nights, so could be worth for anyone wanting to sneak in a title while waiting for a hold on something else.
Graphic: Murder, Abandonment, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Gore, Violence, Blood, Suicide, Gun violence, and Stalking
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Addiction, Mental illness, Self harm, Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Medical content, Classism, Miscarriage, Vomit, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, and Suicidal thoughts
witchy_reads'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
5.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Blood, Body horror, Stalking, Alcoholism, Death, Murder, Suicide, Torture, and Gore
Moderate: Gun violence, Miscarriage, Vomit, and Grief
Minor: Pregnancy