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marioncromb's review against another edition
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
Simple, effectively tense story.
Not knowing anything about baseball I was probably missing an extra layer that might have provided a deeper emotional connection to the book itself.
Not knowing anything about baseball I was probably missing an extra layer that might have provided a deeper emotional connection to the book itself.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit, Abandonment, and Stalking
Minor: Excrement
bookishchaos's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
The first half of the book had me intrigued then it started to become mundane and repetitive.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Vomit
Minor: Cursing
stephanieluxton's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
mysterious
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
3.25
This is the story of a 9 year old girl who becomes lost in the woods near the Appalachian trail. It isn't a horror novel. I found it to be more similar to survival stories in which character ls need to use their wits and available resources to survive.
Things I Liked:
Things I Liked:
- I like that the MC was smart and made generally good decisions.
- I liked the atmosphere and building tension. The forest itself almost felt like an antagonist.
- I like that it ended when it did and wasn't super drawn out.
Things I didn't like:
- I feel like not pursuing horror was a missed opportunity. There were a few things that happened that were unsettling but they didn't amount to much.
- I didn't really care for the baseball aspect. I know it's right in the name but listening to the MC listening to a baseball game on her walkman wasn't super exciting for me.
- I wish more happened. I don't think the climax had the payoff I wanted from this book.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
Moderate: Cursing, Abandonment, Excrement, and Vomit
Minor: Pedophilia
There's some dead animals throughout the book. It's not traumatic in the way that it would be if the family dog was killed because they're wild animals in nature. There's some diarrhea and vomiting after the MC drinks water from a stream. Those scenes don't exist to gross you out - you mostly just feel bad for the MC.elisweets's review
dark
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Stephen King is an amazing author, but this particular one didn’t hit my tastes. Mainly because it has soooo many baseball references and so much talk about baseball in general so with things like that it was hard to keep up. It was hard for me personally to get into and progress of the story/plot was slow, buuut I don’t regret reading it.
I love how genuinely scary in a more real world sense this book is. It’s not a scary clown, not a curse on a man to be thin, a guy losing gravity, or time travel. It’s just a little girl learning the world has teeth and bites.
I love how genuinely scary in a more real world sense this book is. It’s not a scary clown, not a curse on a man to be thin, a guy losing gravity, or time travel. It’s just a little girl learning the world has teeth and bites.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Vomit, Injury/Injury detail, Abandonment, and Blood
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