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Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio

40 reviews

apersonfromflorida's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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booksemmahasread's review against another edition

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dark mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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vaguelyredhead's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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minimicropup's review against another edition

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dark funny mysterious tense 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

This was a spooky, character-driven story with a sharp critique of scientific academia…but it unapologetically cuts off mid-story. I’d rather have an ending that’s sudden than one that drags, but this was like, abrupt - even for me. If you enjoy eerie atmospheres, solid group dynamics, and don’t mind an unresolved finish, this one could be worth picking up.
 
Energy: Engaging. Biting. Convivial.
 
🐕 Howls. The ending is abrupt and leaves the characters' fates hanging.
 
🐩 Tail Wags. Pulled into the eerie world right away. How it drops the reader into the middle of things, letting us infer as we go. The plot moves steadily, the characters are likeable and work well together. The accurate depictions of academia, particularly the darker side of scientific research and institutional politics.
 
Scene: 🌎 Set in a campus town.
Perspectives (5): An editor-in-chief at an award-winning but struggling student paper. A talented but impoverished former microbiology student. A bartender and general manager of the university pub. A library sciences graduate struggling to find work splitting time between the health-sci library and a hotel front desk. A car repair technician who has become fully nocturnal. 
Timeline: Current (2020s). Midnight through to morning in October.
🔥 Fuel: Who is digging large holes in the abandoned cemetery? Who is the person they see sneaking around in the shadows? How will the characters fare with their various personal troubles? 
📖 Cred: Plausible
 
Mood Reading Match-Up:
Cigarette smoke. Shovel hitting dirt. Breeze through fallen leaves. Alkaloids. Fungal infestation. Me-search. Occam’s razor. Rats. 
  • Ghost in the room, tagging along with different characters
  • Books to read when you can’t sleep
  • Gothic-ish abandoned on-hallowed-grounds feel
  • Hint of fungal horrors
  • Toxic academia
  • Biomedical sci-fi drama
  • Scientists behaving badly
  • Student investigators
  • Unlikely friendships and misfits
 
Content Heads-Up: Nicotine (cigarettes). Cancer (lump, anxiety). Poverty, unhoused (character situation). Animal death (rats). Melancholy, depression. Insomnia, night terrors. Hallucination (sleep deprivation). Animal attack (rat). Medical trauma (drug testing). Corruption (academic, scientific). 
 
Rep: Greek ancestry. Cis. Hetero. Lesbian. Ambiguous skin tones.
 
📚 Format: Library Digital 
 
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stardustandrockets's review against another edition

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fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
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alexisgarcia's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

good but a tad too short. i felt like another 50 pages would’ve really helped 
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grace_b_3's review against another edition

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dark 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

3.0

There were some cool ideas here but the ending left something to be desired.
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thepunkyduckling's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious tense 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

4.5

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sxndaze's review against another edition

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dark mysterious fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • 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

a motley crew that goes on to investigate a mystery and ends up uncovering something larger? that’s my kind of thriller! i love larger casts of characters and getting to spend a bit of time with each one of them was a delight. i could have read about them for even longer, but condensing it to a novella is nice.
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chelbelle122's review against another edition

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dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

I was just bored. 
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