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qalminator's review
3.0
This is one that has all the elements of something I should like, but has not managed to draw me in. I'm putting it on pause for now, and might get back to it at some point, if I find myself in a mood more conducive to enjoying it. My overall reaction to most things has been, "That's kind of interesting," rather than, "That's really cool and I want to know more," which is what is needed for me to really want to continue.
Before continuing, I'm probably going to have to look up how the conflict between the corporation and the narrator plays out (or if it actually does), as up to now it's the part that I want to know about the most, but almost nothing has happened. In the last episode I made it through, they postured directly at one another, and... that was it. * sigh *
Before continuing, I'm probably going to have to look up how the conflict between the corporation and the narrator plays out (or if it actually does), as up to now it's the part that I want to know about the most, but almost nothing has happened. In the last episode I made it through, they postured directly at one another, and... that was it. * sigh *
paularize's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
4.5
Reasons why you should listen to Hello from the Hallowoods:
(or read, link below)
- it features a bunch of queer people in a spooky forest, what could you possibly want more
- overarching plot that slowly unfolds as you get to know the characters
- horror but like, in a comforting and hopeful way (this will make sense, I promise)
- personally i didn't find it very scary the way i would react to other scary media but more in a campfire spooky vibe, identity crisis and occasional existential dread kind of way if that makes sense
- there are A LOT of very lovable characters
- there's a nonbinary frankenstein-ish person called Diggory Graves that falls in love for the first time and not to be dramatic but I would die for them
-post-apocalyptic setting in the near-ish future
- anticapitalist motives
- it made me cry during the first episode because it made me feel so much
- there's a wlw with a baseball bat!
- found family
- the narrator has a nice voice
- sometimes gets weirdly specific and feels like a direct slap in the face
- yearning!
- older queer people
- basically narrated like an audiobook if multiple voices aren't your thing (or you could just read it)
- the monologues at the end feel like staring directly into the sun while slowly ascending to the sky
- even MORE found family
- hello would you like to feel every possible human emotion all at once?
Anyways, you can listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or read the entirety of the transcripts here: https://www.hellofromthehallowoods.com/transcripts
(or read, link below)
- it features a bunch of queer people in a spooky forest, what could you possibly want more
- overarching plot that slowly unfolds as you get to know the characters
- horror but like, in a comforting and hopeful way (this will make sense, I promise)
- personally i didn't find it very scary the way i would react to other scary media but more in a campfire spooky vibe, identity crisis and occasional existential dread kind of way if that makes sense
- there are A LOT of very lovable characters
- there's a nonbinary frankenstein-ish person called Diggory Graves that falls in love for the first time and not to be dramatic but I would die for them
-post-apocalyptic setting in the near-ish future
- anticapitalist motives
- it made me cry during the first episode because it made me feel so much
- there's a wlw with a baseball bat!
- found family
- the narrator has a nice voice
- sometimes gets weirdly specific and feels like a direct slap in the face
- yearning!
- older queer people
- basically narrated like an audiobook if multiple voices aren't your thing (or you could just read it)
- the monologues at the end feel like staring directly into the sun while slowly ascending to the sky
- even MORE found family
- hello would you like to feel every possible human emotion all at once?
Anyways, you can listen to it wherever you get your podcasts or read the entirety of the transcripts here: https://www.hellofromthehallowoods.com/transcripts
Content Warnings
Graphic: Religious bigotry
Moderate: Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Murder, and Transphobia
Minor: Animal death
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