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reesie_omnibus's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
Graphic: Gore and Violence
Moderate: Racism and Classism
hunterhearn's review against another edition
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Genocide, and Mass/school shootings
caspian's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Graphic: Gore and Body horror
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Misogyny
ripxw's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Racism and Death of parent
Minor: Addiction and Drug use
teaandtales1's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The Loop is essentially a slasher/apocalyptic book - similar to zombie stories, but not exactly zombies - and it's suuuuper gory. Teenagers in a small town are infected by... something... that makes them incredibly violent. The people that remain uninfected are left to their own devices to evade these horrifying versions of their classmates and try to find a way out of the situation.
Some aspects have a distinct YA feel, but that's mostly due to the main characters being teens. Johnson creates believable teenage characters and a flawed, but interesting main trio.
I started listening to this book on audio, but found I couldn't wait until I was back in the car to finish, so I got it in print to finish. This book has the pacing of fast zombie movies like Train to Busan or World War Z, and I couldn't put it down.
If you liked Clown in a Cornfield , you'll probably like this one too. It's quite a bit bleaker, but a similar vibe.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Car accident, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts
mothfemme's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Vomit
alikath's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
This should be a plot line I would love. It deals with the excesses of a tech corporation that reminded me of Bad Blood in an interesting way. However, I just could not get into the plot of this and I just didn't really feel for the characters. There is a mixed media element to this (sort of; there's only three instances of it) and I really wanted more of that. When they do show up, they feel like a sort of out-of-voice way of info-dumping what was happening. I don't think this is a terrible way of making sure readers are up to speed but I just wanted more of them so it would feel more integrated into the plot rather than just showing up with important plot info and then disappearing.
I thought that Lucy as a character was interesting but ultimately I never felt connected to her plight. The action of this book kicks off very quickly. When I'm reading horror, I want a bit of time to get to know the characters and feel tension start to build before the bad guy is revealed. Not every horror has to be like that but it's what I prefer and I didn't get any of that here. Because of that, I didn't feel anything when the characters were in danger, which really diminished the horror for me. This book falls more on the body horror side of things but even that wasn't that frightening to me and I usually hate reading about gore. I just wanted a greater scare factor from this.
Ultimately, I think this is fine. The writing is fine and the plot is fine. I just didn't connect with it, which left me a bit bored while reading.
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexism
ellalafontant's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Racism, and Violence
Moderate: Alcoholism