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djsei's review
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Pandemic/Epidemic, Violence, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Car accident, Child abuse, Grief, Body horror, Death, Murder, Child death, Blood, and Cannibalism
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gun violence, Fire/Fire injury, Animal death, Confinement, and Death of parent
Minor: Drug use, Abandonment, Racism, Classism, Mass/school shootings, Racial slurs, and Vomit
sweetdisaster's review
- 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
4.0
Graphic: Death, Gore, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Drug abuse, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Death of parent and Gun violence
autumnrain's review against another edition
Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Classism, Racial slurs, and Genocide
erinquan's review
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Gun violence, Gore, and Violence
Moderate: Animal death, Addiction, Bullying, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Alcoholism
stupidpiscesguy's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Body horror, Animal cruelty, Violence, and Animal death
hunterhearn's review
- 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
4.5
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Gun violence, Sexual content, Suicide, Animal death, Body horror, Death, Drug abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Murder, Suicide attempt, Torture, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Cannibalism, Child death, Child abuse, Car accident, Classism, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Genocide, and Mass/school shootings
caspian's review
- 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
3.25
Graphic: Gore and Body horror
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Misogyny
ripxw's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Violence
Moderate: Racism and Death of parent
Minor: Addiction and Drug use
becks4books's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Abandonment, Addiction, Grief, Cannibalism, Death, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Child death, Gore, Car accident, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Alcoholism, Cursing, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Torture
teaandtales1's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
The Loop is essentially a slasher/apocalyptic book - similar to zombie stories, but not exactly zombies - and it's suuuuper gory. Teenagers in a small town are infected by... something... that makes them incredibly violent. The people that remain uninfected are left to their own devices to evade these horrifying versions of their classmates and try to find a way out of the situation.
Some aspects have a distinct YA feel, but that's mostly due to the main characters being teens. Johnson creates believable teenage characters and a flawed, but interesting main trio.
I started listening to this book on audio, but found I couldn't wait until I was back in the car to finish, so I got it in print to finish. This book has the pacing of fast zombie movies like Train to Busan or World War Z, and I couldn't put it down.
If you liked Clown in a Cornfield , you'll probably like this one too. It's quite a bit bleaker, but a similar vibe.
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Violence
Moderate: Car accident, Racism, and Suicidal thoughts