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The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson

16 reviews

paguroidea's review against another edition

dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Gore

Moderate: Bullying

erinquan's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Alcoholism

reesie_omnibus's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Classism

stupidpiscesguy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death

hunterhearn's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious 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

4.5

This is a very good book the first 3 or 4 chapters are not the rest of the book and can be very off-putting but the latter half is good for any dystopian or horror fan.

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Content Warnings

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

ripxw's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Violence

Moderate: Racism and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction and Drug use

becks4books's review

dark tense fast-paced

• 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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Cannibalism, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Torture

teaandtales1's review

dark 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? It's complicated

4.5

Look - is this the best book ever? No. Does it have some flaws? Yes. Did I still give it 4.5 stars? Heck yea I did.

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. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Car accident, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts

mothfemme's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

unboxedjack's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Child death, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence