2.25k reviews for:

Don't Fear the Reaper

Stephen Graham Jones

4.15 AVERAGE

silverglimse's review against another edition

5.0

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

befoooremoonrise's review

3.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

_thespinecollector_'s review against another edition

4.75

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mikeyandherbooks's review

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This series is really for people who love/appreciate the Horror Genre. That's not necessarily me, I did like parts of this but I also found parts to be really confusing. Overall not my favorite series but I will be continuing along

lemondropreads's review

4.25

dark emotional fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

howkan9's review

4.5

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

tjzero's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mightyduck's review

5.0

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hikenbooks's review

3.0

dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

rachellelikestoread's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Why am I in tears at the end of this book?!?!!! 

This was a brilliant follow up to My Heart is a Chainsaw. Jade/Jennifer's story develops even further, her character pushing forward to new depths through every sad and terrifying discovery. 

The style won't be for everyone - it's once again almost a stream of consciousness story - but if you really take the time and read slowly, a beautiful story emerges. As with the first, the "killer" and the "final girl" are really only uncovered in the final 2-3 chapters, which is nice. And clues along the way are carefully crafted in so it's hard for the audience to guess what's going on. 

This book soared to even greater heights than the first, and I look forward to reading the final installment. Just... after a little while, because the gore in this one literally had me gagging at one point. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Violence, Blood, Murder

Moderate: Child death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship