Reviews

Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson

kaydyyn's review

challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.75

laura_corsi's review against another edition

3.0

Sequoyah is in foster care while his mother is in prison. Sequoyah is a strange boy with scars on his face who longs for connection, but constantly walls people out. I thought it was strange that he constantly had thoughts of hurting people who he professed to like. Also, his conversations with the adults were so surface level and had little to do with his own real thoughts. It makes me wonder what my own children are not telling me. Unsettling. Sad. Unfamiliar. I think Sequoyah felt all of these things, like he belonged nowhere.

valelee's review against another edition

3.0

Liked the writing. The rest was alright

littybit89's review against another edition

dark emotional sad slow-paced

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

4.0

alliekcav's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.75

ebatty99's review

dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

andonsmom's review

challenging dark sad slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No

2.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Death, Cultural appropriation, and Abandonment

macieg's review

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

ramreads5's review

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, Death, Drug use, Abandonment, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

tmathews0330's review against another edition

4.0

Hemingway-esque in the simplicity of the language.