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twinkle_flavored's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? No
4.0
Graphic: Violence, Stalking, Gun violence, Gore, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Death
appleslicesllc's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Death, Murder, Violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking
violetwillow's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
3.75
Moderate: Gore, Body horror, Stalking, Vomit, and Medical trauma
Minor: Miscarriage
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
raysofsunshine's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Graphic: Stalking, Violence, Body horror, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Death
Minor: Vomit, Kidnapping, and Blood
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
claude_'s review
- 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
5.0
Graphic: Death, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder
Moderate: Mental illness and Vomit
Minor: Alcoholism
maregred's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- 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
Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Murder
Moderate: Violence, Stalking, Injury/Injury detail, and Gore
Minor: Alcoholism
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
ahbmacgregor's review against another edition
- 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? No
4.0
Aside from Todd (ugh), none of the character perspectives were flawed in an annoying/frustrating way, and at least Todd feels less present when more perspectives are introduced.
The twist was guessable, but not in a way that felt obvious and more like a reward for paying attention. In some ways it felt like the final confrontations were with the wrong people/not enough people, but that wasn't enough to ruin the book. It's worth picking this up if you don't mind some horror tropes and semi-expected beats.
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death, Medical trauma, Murder, Gun violence, Gore, Blood, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Stalking, Miscarriage, and Grief
Minor: Vomit