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It Looks Like Us by Alison Ames

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haleybre's review

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • 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

5.0

Really loved this book, thought it was a perfect retelling of The Thing, with capitalism being the scariest monster.
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hollyk's review

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adventurous challenging 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? Yes

5.0

My head hurts. That's the only thing I can say. I'm shook. I'm going to try to gather myself so that this ends up being semi-coherent.

If you like Rules for Vanishing or Our Last Echoes or really anything by the queen Kate Alice Marshall, you will like this.

It Looks Like Us is a YA horror with both supernatural and evil capitalistic elements. I'm not sure what compelled me to read the little copyright page in this book, but this one says "While certain characters in this book are inspired by real people, the incidents and events are entirely fictional"--interesting right?
Especially when you find out about
Anton Rusk. Sounds like the new twitter owner, no? And the man is the second richest in the world, sent stuff into space... etc. I had a kick reading about this guy, particularly because of the dumpster fire that is twitter atm


I want more. I am stressed, the ending has so many questions. Let's talk characters:
Riley-Anxiety rep! Asexual rep! My girl is out here having panic attacks, which would probably make her "weak" in the eyes of many, but
my girl lives? Then dies? But lives? is infected? Idk but she did that

Luke-I'm so lost. Again, I want answers. He's a sweet boy and we love gay rep:)
I want to know if he's infected? Was Riley being real there? WHAT HAPPENED???

Ilse- An absolute badass. German-American, has some trauma. She's a strong girl and deserve
d
better.
Daesung- Korean-American rep! Journalist, inquisitive, shy. He hates capitalism and we love him for that.
Nelson-British?
He really wasn't around long enough for us to learn much about him
puts on a charming front. 
I'm seriously still processing everything I just read. I want there to be a second book, I really do just want concrete answers, but I also love that there weren't any. Contradictions are my lifeblood, it seems. 
This is the perfect winter horror story. You thought spooky season was over after Oct. 31st? Think again.
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motaki's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark mysterious medium-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

3.75

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sairentohiru's review against another edition

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adventurous 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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