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Small Game by Blair Braverman

29 reviews

maggies's review

adventurous challenging 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? Yes

4.0

Back when I still used Twitter, Blair Braverman was one of my follows, and I loved her threads about dog sledding and the outdoors. She's an incredible storyteller, and Small Game, her first novel, really lived up to that for me. While I would never participate in a show of this kind and I'm not outdoorsy by any stretch (I always say I'd prefer to go first in an apocalypse), I was captivated by Mara and the other "survivors" and their creativity and problem-solving. In an episode of You're Wrong About, Blair said—paraphrasing here—that nature doesn't feel any animosity towards us and that's comforting to her. After reading this book, I can absolutely see what she means. I wouldn't quite call this a thriller, but it was very thrilling just the same.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Vomit, Death, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Murder

princess_marie's review

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Body horror, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death and Blood

Minor: Excrement, Vomit, Infidelity, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

caseythereader's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Murder, Abandonment, Cursing, Animal death, Death, Gun violence, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Vomit, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Infidelity and Sexual content

erinoconnor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I read an advanced uncorrected proof copy - so I’m not sure if anything changed with publication, that being said - I really enjoyed the story. I wanted more and wish there was a more fleshed out ending, but I appreciate the mirror image of the beginning at the end. Some things seemed rushed and not fully answered - I want to hear EXACTLY what happened to Lenny and the crew, while I think it’s probably their last theory about money but STILL! - but I thoroughly enjoyed this read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Animal death, Medical content, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Sexual assault, Rape, Blood, and Sexual content

xx_coco's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

1.0

Halfway through this book I said to myself either something really interesting was going to happen or this would be a dud. Turns out it was more of a dud. The characters were all unlikable, some even entirely irrelevant in the grand scheme of things, and I didn’t really care to know their fate. The concept of this story really grabbed me when I picked it up in the bookstore, but the execution fell very flat. There is no explanation as to how the survivors ended up being abandoned and the last chapter just ties everything together very nonchalantly after this group of people has experienced traumatic situations trying to survive the wilderness. Maybe it would have leant something more to this story to follow up on what happened following the survival experience. One star for the idea behind the story, though execution was lacking. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit and Death

alreads420's review

adventurous medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Animal death

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Death, and Sexual assault

Minor: Vomit and Sexual content

chris_reads's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief

Moderate: Animal death, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, and Infidelity

Minor: Blood, Excrement, Sexual content, Vomit, Animal cruelty, and Gaslighting

kemrick19's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Death

natagot's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, and Death

Minor: Sexual content, Gore, and Vomit

elskabee's review

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

 This is such a quiet book. I think anyone expecting a survival thriller will be disappointed, as this is not very thrilling at all. That said, I still loved it even as I realised not much had happened by half-way though. It's hard to say what I liked about it, I guess sometimes it's just nice to just be swept along by a book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Vomit