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Deadendia: The Watcher's Test: Book 1 by Hamish Steele

13 reviews

treereadingabook's review

adventurous funny mysterious sad fast-paced

• 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? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Transphobia, Animal death, and Death

aleilvandrea's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Grief, Death, and Self harm

Moderate: Transphobia, Death of parent, Panic attacks/disorders, Animal death, Suicide attempt, and Genocide

Minor: Cursing

cameronreads's review against another edition

3.0

I was SO excited to read this as I LOVED Dead End the show, and whilst I definitely liked the show more it was so much fun to be back in this world with these characters. I think Barney is such a great mc and I love the conversations about his transness. The concept and plot here is so unique and interesting. I do think it was tackled better in the show - I think the book had some pacing issues and felt like it was rushing through some of the key points. There was also a bit more plot brought into the show

I loved watching Courtney find out about her angelic past, for example

that was left out of the book that I would have loved to see. I am excited to read the next volume though, as it’ll be content I’m consuming for the first time.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Panic attacks/disorders, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Ableism, Dysphoria, Self harm, Grief, and Transphobia

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Deadnaming, and War

kairhone's review

adventurous funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Transphobia, Bullying, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Death

good_names_dont_exist's review

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Transphobia and Violence

Minor: Alcohol and Self harm

jilljemmett's review

fast-paced

4.0

Barney Guttman’s parents aren’t completely accepting his trans identity, so when he gets a job at a haunted house in an amusement park, he leaves home and moves in there. Barney is working with his best friend Norma and he brought his dog Pugsley to live with him too. He soon discovers that this haunted house contains a portal to Hell. A demonic ambassador named Courtney invited a demon king to Earth which sets off several events including giving Pugsley the ability to speak and do magic. The group of friends go on a series of adventures throughout the amusement park to save Earth. 

This was a hilarious and entertaining graphic novel with some serious moments too. I liked how the story focused on Barney’s present. Since his parents weren’t accepting his trans identity, they didn’t take up space on the page other than him mentioning them a few times. The other characters were fun and diverse. The characters were well developed right from the first page, so the story could focus on the events happening at the amusement park. This is also a beautifully illustrated graphic novel!

DeadEndia: The Watcher’s Test is a fun book!

Thank you Union Square and Co. for sending me a copy of this book!

Content warnings: transphobia (mentioned), death, death of dog

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Transphobia

growintogardens's review

adventurous fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

I think I would have liked this more if I hadn't seen the TV series first because the characters and plot lines are a bit different, and I enjoy the show more.  But it's a fun premise, and it's diverse, and interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Death, Transphobia, and Animal death

Minor: Murder and War

musicalizzy's review

5.0

THIS BOOK BROKE ME

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Death of parent

Minor: Self harm

shysheepys's review

adventurous emotional funny mysterious 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? Yes

5.0

I love Barney so much. I picked this up after watching the show, Paranormal Park, and finding out that it wasn't getting a second season. I debated skipping to the second book, but I am SO glad I didn't. Don't get me wrong, I love the animated series, I ALSO love this book as a whole. Its a lot different, but in a wonderful way. Honestly, if you love this, watch the series, but don't expect the same thing. If you loved the animation, read the books, its also not the same but still good and loveable. There are things that they couldn't say in the animation that so much needed to be said, needed to be a part of the plot. I just loved this a lot and I am so glad I got to read it!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Self harm

indeedithappens's review

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted sad 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? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Animal death, Body shaming, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Grief, Slavery, Violence, Abandonment, Outing, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Dysphoria, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Murder, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Torture, Transphobia, and War