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Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare

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sophieguillas's review against another edition

3.0

I wanted the clowns justification to be more developed than "CELLPHONES BAD" but it felt like that a lot of the time lol. As a slasher I thought it was very effective.

annithebookaholic's review against another edition

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3.5

This was an okay slasher book. The first 100 pages or so, nothing really happened and I was quite bored. Then it got really good (love a good beheading in a slasher! 🤭) and then by the end all of the explanations were quite ridiculous.

The very end was fine and leaves the opportunity for a sequel but I personally don't see a need for it and thus I won't be reading the next book.

I did like the relationship reveal in the end, even if it did come out of left field completely!

rextra's review against another edition

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3.0

3.5
this was an entertaining one and took a twist at eh berry end i didn’t not expect

thriller_buffet's review against another edition

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3.0

I liked the Halloween vibes this book delivered. The story was a graphical horror fiction that we see in movies.
I didn’t like that the 2 young boys turned out to be gays! Wasn’t even necessary. Also Arthur Hill was mentioned twice or three time throughout the novel to suddenly turn out to be the main lunatic villain. And the idea of him seeking revenge from his only son and insisting on killing him was silly and unrealistic!

chezler24's review against another edition

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adventurous dark tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

"Quinn took comfort in that. The fact that history bent toward progress, no matter how hard the assholes tried pushing back." (p. 336)

If you want a straightforward slasher to entertain you, then Clown in a Cornfield is the book for you! This book just screams summer slasher! Quinn's dad uprooted her life to move to the small town of Kettle Springs, Missouri. She wanted to stay invisible and make it to the end of her senior year; however, making it to graduation and actually *surviving* seemed to be a bit more of a challenge. Quinn and her dad accidentally find themselves in the crossfire of a major clash between the older and younger generations of the town. While the slasher and thriller aspects were executed perfectly, I wish the backstory and characterizations had been more fleshed out before getting to the bloody meat of the story. Quinn felt a little bit of a standard final girl, Cole was a popular kid with a sad backstory, and Rust was a loner country kid cast aside by the "popular" kids. I would have loved more time setting up their backstories instead of dealing with the annoying kids who kept shoving cameras into everyone's faces. (I understand why they had to be annoying, but I was slightly over them before the prologue ended.) Regardless, I'm still rounding up to 4 because it felt very much like a slasher I would devour with my friends in the summertime. The book does leave room for a clear sequel so I'm interested to see where book two and the eventual book three will take our remaining cast of characters.

3.5/5 stars rounded up to 4

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