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I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin

3.98 AVERAGE

calmcelebration9888's review against another edition

4.0
This book is pretty funny but mostly at the start. Once it gets into Abbot’s backstory then I think it takes a more serious turn. This book has a lot left leaning ideas so if you are very conservative, you might not like it. The best part of the book for me was the social media aspects (Twitch stream conversations and Reddit posts) and the fact that Abbott has absolutely no idea that people are interested in where he is. Also, I love the idea that something as mundane as driving a package across country could develop all kinds of conspiracy theories. For negatives, Ether was a bit too preachy. And the parts where Abbott rants about women were a little too much for me. 
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jenn_reads's review

2.0
adventurous fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
The story is obviously different but it has strong Ready Player One vibes
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hillaryalison's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous funny reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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nicole_sterling677's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous challenging emotional funny lighthearted mysterious tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

swinard's review against another edition

4.25
adventurous funny informative lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

rosepaya's review against another edition

3.5
adventurous funny hopeful medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

justajoe's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mizzbrittmc's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous emotional funny mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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guineadogs's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kobsob's review against another edition

4.0
adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes