Reviews tagging 'Stalking'

Catfishing on CatNet by Naomi Kritzer

9 reviews

ritabriar's review

adventurous dark hopeful tense medium-paced

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

5.0

I adored this book and many of its characters! (And abhorred one) This was a very tense read, and yet it's also sweet and heartwarming.
This story manages to follow a clear pursuit-style plot and also be completely character-driven.  Characters make mistakes, so they're not perfect, but these mistakes come from their limitations, not any particular flaws. Everyone does what they do because they care (or in one notable case, don't care) about each other. Kritzer also manages to make each character unique, with their own voice. Everyone's motives are understandable, especially considering their various ages and levels of experience with the world. The setting is almost just like the corresponding US locations today, but with more robots and one more AI (and just as many large language models). 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking

Moderate: Mental illness, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Car accident, Violence, Torture, Death, Outing, Bullying, Child abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Suicide, Gaslighting, Confinement, and Homophobia

eslsilver's review

dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

AI

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Stalking, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Car accident and Murder

Minor: Suicide

tangleroot_eli's review

adventurous mysterious tense fast-paced

A fast-paced whirl of a book with sharply realized characters and plenty of adventure.

I felt a little disappointment when I realized that Steph's creepy dad was after them because he wanted her mom's super-duper decryption key and not just because he was an abusive sociopath, but I think that might just mean that I need to take a break from sf set in "our" world.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Bullying, Car accident, Kidnapping, Racism, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Transphobia and Fire/Fire injury

grimdark_dad's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abandonment, Car accident, Gaslighting, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Torture, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Violence, Gun violence, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Physical abuse, and Stalking

bengines's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking, Kidnapping, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Trafficking, Transphobia, and Vomit

astronomist's review

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Stalking and Domestic abuse

Minor: Car accident

gaylien420's review

adventurous informative mysterious tense medium-paced

4.5

This was a great read! The main character, Steph, was very likable, she cares about the people around her and is a smart 16 year old. The other characters are very queer, there's a lot of different LGBT+ rep, including non binary, ace, pan, gay and lesbian. We almost got the whole spectrum of identities represented :) all the other characters, the online and offline friends of Steph are super sweet and wholesome. Besides that, the characters were pretty white. There's only 2 POC that are explicitly written as such

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Physical abuse, Stalking, Torture, and Toxic relationship

sarahasyouwish's review

adventurous 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? No

3.75

This was a fun mash-up of things you don’t usually see together in one book: found family, artificial intelligence, stalking and a road trip to name a few. Admittedly the plot felt a bit over the top at times, and the super intelligent AI didn’t always have as good of a grasp on things as I would have expected, but this was still a fun, engaging read, and I’m curious to see how things will unfold in the sequel. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Stalking

Minor: Domestic abuse, Gun violence, and Medical content

annalisaely's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

The importance of internet friends + good queer rep of multiple kinds, yes please!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Homophobia, and Stalking

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Torture