Don't Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones

4.15 AVERAGE

kaydenj's review

4.25
dark emotional funny tense fast-paced

emkue's review

3.0
dark medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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fmradio's review

4.0
dark mysterious tense 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: Complicated
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teagie's review against another edition

4.5
dark mysterious tense medium-paced
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trashfae's review against another edition

5.0
After reading My Heart Is A Chainsaw, I was both expecting so much, and also expecting nothing (because how could you possibly make a sequel that even compares to such a great original?). But in perfect slasher sequel form, Don't Fear The Reaper escalates its action and its emotional turbulence. While My Heart Is A Chainsaw is a raw gut punch in its tragedy and pain, Don't Fear The Reaper takes that same amount of suffering, but instead spreads it out like a thousand paper cuts throughout the characters, delving into the ways each person deals with the trauma caused by the events of the first book. So many of the characters have become echoes of Jade, but instead of "hiding behind the shelves in the video store," they each have their obsessions and distractions, their own way of obfuscating and dealing with the ache of their world.

Letterboxd List of Movies mentioned in the book: https://letterboxd.com/trashfae/list/movies-in-stephen-graham-jones-dont-fear/

gabbyduncan's review

4.5
challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes

lesbianscully's review

5.0
dark mysterious 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: Complicated
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elizafiedler's review against another edition

4.5
adventurous challenging dark mysterious sad tense slow-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

jmbz38's review

1.75
dark slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hailstorm3812's review against another edition

4.25
dark emotional mysterious 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: Complicated
This is a really interesting followup. I didn't like it as much as the first one since we can't have the twist and it is thematically stronger but the character and relationship development in this really sells it.