Reviews - I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom

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

Jason Pargin

3.98 AVERAGE

isitreallyjessie's review against another edition

4.5

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

seaweedbrain746's review

4.25

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hart2heart's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous funny tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

maddiem9's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Ridiculously weird and fun societal commentary — definitely makes you empathize with people from all walks of life, good or bad!

locallibrarylover's review

3.5

adventurous funny slow-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

i like the idea of the “black box of doom” being a bit of red herring instilling that it’s actually our phones that are causing chaos opposed to the physical object of the novel.

eli_litvack's review

4.25

adventurous reflective medium-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

Content Warnings

emilymosc's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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

Overall a good book and a fun read. Definitely makes some good points about human nature, although the author tends to be heavy handed. The end also felt too cheesy/sitcom-y for me.

Definitely did not like

Abbott’s incel-ness and the way it was handled. I don’t think he experienced enough change in that way throughout the book. Adding that detail for a character was definitely a bold choice and I don’t think it paid off.

hollyrandersen's review

4.75

adventurous funny reflective

megantron2000's review

5.0

This is what I wanted and needed. Very much a David Wong/Jason Parkin book with his typical interesting facts sprinkled in. I liked it a lot, laughed out loud.

cats_of_horror's review

3.5

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Although this was a fun read, it just doesn't compare to JDATE or the Zooey books.

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