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A review by undervmountain
The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson
dark
tense
medium-paced
2.0
I'm not quite sure why the author of this book decided to make it a Young Adult book, as it would have served better as an adult horror. I don't mind body horror, but this constant, over the top, visceral horror where people and animals are being brutally murdered on a constant isn't really my jam.
I read a comic that was a lot like this a long time ago, that I still don't think should have been published. This doesn't quite go to the extreme that comic did, but a lot of the themes of lengths of violence human beings will go to when they're not quite themselves any more felt very similar.
I also didn't care, or root for the main character, her love interest, and I struggled to remember most of the background cast as they exited the scenes. The ending was surprisingly good, although I did struggle to keep up with the science of the story.
I read a comic that was a lot like this a long time ago, that I still don't think should have been published. This doesn't quite go to the extreme that comic did, but a lot of the themes of lengths of violence human beings will go to when they're not quite themselves any more felt very similar.
I also didn't care, or root for the main character, her love interest, and I struggled to remember most of the background cast as they exited the scenes. The ending was surprisingly good, although I did struggle to keep up with the science of the story.