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Welcome to Night Vale by Joseph Fink, Jeffrey Cranor
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
There is something deeply sad about this book that I can’t put my finger on.
Maybe it’s the fragility of memory
Maybe it’s my father being everything to everyone, but being my father
Maybe it’s the fact that I take different forms and no one understands me either
Maybe it’s about feeling alien in an alien world
I don’t know, regardless, it was beautiful
Maybe it’s the fragility of memory
Maybe it’s my father being everything to everyone, but being my father
Maybe it’s the fact that I take different forms and no one understands me either
Maybe it’s about feeling alien in an alien world
I don’t know, regardless, it was beautiful
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Blood
Moderate: Death, Grief, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders
General unreality
Mickey7 by Edward Ashton
adventurous
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Not as good as the movie, kind of lacklustre actually
Also fuck Chen
Also fuck Chen
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Torture, Toxic friendship
Moderate: Colonisation
Minor: Body horror, Violence, Blood, Vomit, War
The Hatching by Ezekiel Boone
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.75
STOP INTRODUCING NEW CHARACTERS OH MY GOD.
This book is so repetitive it’s insane. What does the Scotland storyline add to the plot?? Literally nothing. I’m Scottish so this particularly pissed me off. The marines story sucked ASS. Nothing happened there either. Just have the book focus on Melanie, Manny, Rich and Gordo and you’d have a tightknit but better book. I don’t give two shits about Kim!!!!
Anyway, could be better, could be worse. I hate that this is just the buildup to a sequel though. The gore isn’t even that good
This book is so repetitive it’s insane. What does the Scotland storyline add to the plot?? Literally nothing. I’m Scottish so this particularly pissed me off. The marines story sucked ASS. Nothing happened there either. Just have the book focus on Melanie, Manny, Rich and Gordo and you’d have a tightknit but better book. I don’t give two shits about Kim!!!!
Anyway, could be better, could be worse. I hate that this is just the buildup to a sequel though. The gore isn’t even that good
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gore, Fire/Fire injury
Strange Pictures by Uketsu
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
My rating will probably change. I’m a little disappointed. There’s no solid ties and frankly I think the whole drawing thing is really tenuous at best. Characters make, in my opinion, huge leaps of logic that make no sense to literally anyone else.
Not badly written, but the plot leaves so much to be desired.
Not badly written, but the plot leaves so much to be desired.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Murder
Moderate: Suicide
Minor: Animal cruelty
Paperbacks from Hell: The Twisted History of '70s and '80s Horror Fiction by Grady Hendrix
funny
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
4.0
Funny and informative!! Wish there was more on splatterpunk tho :(
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Racism, Murder
The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
My partner knows I love eye horror so they got me this ehehehe!!
AND I GOT WHAT I WANTED!
I love that you can just tell that Geoffrry is slimy but also that Ji Won is also just a fucking psycho and I Love Her
Also I love that they gave her a brain tumour to explain her weird behaviour and then just made her crazy anyway Girl Boss
AND I GOT WHAT I WANTED!
I love that you can just tell that Geoffrry is slimy but also that Ji Won is also just a fucking psycho and I Love Her
Also I love that they gave her a brain tumour to explain her weird behaviour and then just made her crazy anyway Girl Boss
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Racism, Cannibalism, Murder
Moderate: Gore, Gaslighting, Abandonment
Minor: Misogyny, Stalking
The Ruins by Scott Smith
adventurous
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
I wanted to like this book way more than I actually did, the premise is good but the execution is shockingly bad. I didn’t care about ANYONE, so I had no stakes in how the book went. All the characters are paper thin and two dimensional, and I just don’t find plants scary.
Maybe I would, but this book doesn’t sell it at all. Also, there’s NO RUINS. That just makes me annoyed, they’re mentioned but never actually a plot point in the book at all.
I did cringe (positively) at some of the stuff that happened, but even the body horror wasn’t that good. It wasn’t convincing or compelling enough for me to be grossed out- I can’t feel/enjoy the main attraction of this book. I would rate it lower but I enjoyed parts of it.
Maybe I would, but this book doesn’t sell it at all. Also, there’s NO RUINS. That just makes me annoyed, they’re mentioned but never actually a plot point in the book at all.
I did cringe (positively) at some of the stuff that happened, but even the body horror wasn’t that good. It wasn’t convincing or compelling enough for me to be grossed out- I can’t feel/enjoy the main attraction of this book. I would rate it lower but I enjoyed parts of it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, Excrement, Medical trauma, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Cursing, Infidelity, Self harm, Sexual content, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Minor: Bullying
Cell by Stephen King
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Honestly really good, I’ll have more thoughts later maybe but until then know that I really enjoyed this. I would have loved to see the aftermath of the final act, but I understand why it was left the way it was. Exciting, sad, 4 stars!!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Cannibalism
Moderate: Gore, Blood, Grief
Dawn of the Dead by George A. Romero, Susanna Sparrow
adventurous
dark
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Not great but not terrible. I had parts I loved and parts that dragged. But I liked the themes of hope.
Also I love the fact that the dog is okay.
Also I love the fact that the dog is okay.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Blood
Moderate: Racism, Violence
Minor: Vomit
There is no sexual assault.
There is no major animal death.
An antagonist wears a swastika near the end of the book.
Feed by Mira Grant
adventurous
dark
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
I think 3 1/2 is suitable. This book feels very 2014, it’s riddled with Not Like Other Girls Vibes from Georgia, and I don’t think there’s a single woman in the book she talks positively about. Whereas 90% of the men she’s fawning over. Because of this the emotional beats that concerned her didn’t hit as hard, and I enjoyed the book more when she wasn’t there…oops. Also the problem with the plot being stretched over such a long period of time (as it has to be) is that it feels very exposition-y and like Grant is just throwing words at you. Also I didn’t remember who the antagonist was when they revealed it.
That being said, I enjoyed the ride this took me on. I think Grant mixes comedy, word building and tragedy well together. I think George makes an interesting character (even if I don’t like her), and her dynamic with the group was a bit I liked a lot. That being said…her relationship with Shaun got a little too weird for me sometimes. As someone with step siblings galore I understand my situation is different but sometimes they gave me the ick. But I enjoyed their banter too. I loved the Masons. They seem like a very complicated family, and I love how they serve as secondary antagonists from the get-go! I hope they appear in the second and third novels.
More Buffy plz thank you!
I think I’ll enjoy the second book more.
That being said, I enjoyed the ride this took me on. I think Grant mixes comedy, word building and tragedy well together. I think George makes an interesting character (even if I don’t like her), and her dynamic with the group was a bit I liked a lot. That being said…her relationship with Shaun got a little too weird for me sometimes. As someone with step siblings galore I understand my situation is different but sometimes they gave me the ick. But I enjoyed their banter too. I loved the Masons. They seem like a very complicated family, and I love how they serve as secondary antagonists from the get-go! I hope they appear in the second and third novels.
More Buffy plz thank you!
I think I’ll enjoy the second book more.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Grief
Moderate: Animal death, Child death, Medical content
Minor: Vomit, Murder