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hokulani_'s review
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Murder and Injury/Injury detail
itsheyfay's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Body horror, Confinement, Gun violence, Car accident, and Classism
Minor: Homophobia, Abandonment, and War
libcolleen's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Medical content, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
kb_sherman's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Medical content, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, and Alcohol
bookishmillennial's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
This takes place at a summer camp which Stevie is recruited by the owner to join so that she and her friends (Janelle, Nate, David) can attempt to solve the 1978 murders of four camp counselors in the woods. They’re known as the “Box in the Woods” murders and had remained unsolved. I was expecting another few books to fully crack the case but Johnson provided a completely standalone mystery, which was equally shocking and impressive!
I can’t wait to continue on and read the next book. These books are cozy, funny, and sometimes extremely tense and stressful mysteries, and I love the anxiety representation in them too.
I highly recommend them, and it’d be cool if they adapted it into a movie series!
Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, War, and Injury/Injury detail
m4rtt4's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
I was mostly annoyed with how the mystery was executed, but as a cherry on top I couldn't care less about Stevie and David's relationship either — I don't see what they are supposed to see in each other, and in my opinion Stevie is perfectly capable of being a strong female YA protagonist without having a love interest.
Graphic: Death, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, and Car accident
Minor: Homophobia, Sexual content, Slavery, Medical content, and War
puttingwingsonwords's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, and Murder
Minor: Gun violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
laurenevlyn's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder
Moderate: Car accident and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Lesbophobia, and War
rissaandherbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcohol
someryarns's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Moderate: Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Murder
Minor: Drug use, Gore, Car accident, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail