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audreylj's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Murder
bookb1itch's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Drug use, Grief, Car accident, and Alcohol
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders
Just as good as all the other Stevie Bell mysteries. I love these so much, but am still struggling to find a teen audience - even those who love Holly Jackson don't seem to get on board with these. I will keep trying.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
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
paronomaniac's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
Moderate: Child death, Death, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, and Murder
Minor: Gun violence
brandyoak311's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Death and Murder
Minor: Drug use and Panic attacks/disorders
baksaydora's review against another edition
- 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
Graphic: Death and Murder
Moderate: Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Blood
Minor: Homophobia and War
simply_fran's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Gun violence, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, and War
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