mery

that one panel at the end 😕

i feel like I've read a totally different book than everyone else

4.5

were the handwritten letters really necessary holly ?

2.5

this was kinda boring, had some funny moments but nowhere near mickey 7. don't even bother continuing

LOVED the characters and the concept so much but the plot was a little weak and the book itself way too short. I know there's a sequel but I wish this one was like 400pgs at least bc the story picked up again by the end but there was like only 30 pages left 😭 can't wait to watch the movie doe

I was really enjoying this book for the most parts unlike many ppl. I do like cults and I did find this story believable but idk the last 30% or so were just like repeating the same thing and I got bored.

i liked this alot, read in one day while in the forest so the vibe was great. I didndt guess anything but also wasn't really trying to either. I really liked all the characters and the way the story unveiled it was very interesting

yes it was predictable from the first page but I enjoyed the journey and it ended my month long slump so yay

2.5

damn was the last 20% awful. such a stupid answer to the mystery and the characters were quite annoying the whole time too

4.5

FINALLY A GOOD THRILLER!!!!!! ate this up I was glued to my ereader. loooved the forensics aspect of it and the whole plot was just so fun and the way the “whodoneit” was revealed was just so gripping to me

damn what a dissapointment this was. i felt like 80% of this book was spent in a bakery and talking about trees being cut. I loved the snow queen as a kid but the way this was used was kinda so confusing and just not interesting, the plot in general was just not great. such a shame coz for a ya book this is a very important topic but I can't help but compare this to grown by Tiffany D. Jackson and that one was just so much better. giving this a very low 3 star bc again it's still an important book and it wasn't badly written or anything, just maybe not for me

it was okay, another gritty south thriller that just wasn't my thing at all. thought it would be a bit different than it was. i do think I will enjoy the movie more bc of the cast and the action scenes just always work better in movie form to me personally

1.5

I guessed the whole plot a couple chapters into the book so yeah

4.5

good for her honestly

I don't think I fully understand all the parts of this book but I did love the work commentary and I will eat it up everytime. the pointless, repetitive and weird jobs and the overall “don't think too much, just do it” energy was very relatable. I think the female character was my fav bc we are one and the same when it comes to our job experiences and the idea of working lol

2.5

the way this cool and scary creepypasta setting was used for the most boring and pointless plot should be studied

took me way too long to finish this for some reason but i liked it alot!! very interesting concept and quite sad in general. it was kinda difficult for me to imagine the gore scenes but they were still gross 😭

2.5

well the art was incredible and disgusting as always but the whole story was just so boring to me, nothing was scary or even interesting. mostly just disgusting but nothing more

shed a tear or two. beautiful artstyle, such an interesting and sad story

as someone who used to be a fan of twd and also loves the last of us tv show this was perfect for me personally. since page 1 i knew what was going to happen yet it still made me cry

this was okay. not rating the subject matter but rather the way it's presented. I really think this could've been shorter, more edited to really keep the engagement up. some parts were very interesting and then some were quite boring and not important to the story. id still recommend purely bc of the subject matter although its very basic and more about family dynamics and navigating in this situation more than abt the addiction (which I think the sons book is more abt)

I should stop taking book recs from reddit

sadly i didn't love it as much as everyone else and i really thought I would. its still a 4 star and I did enjoy the read but the whole time I was just waiting for something to happen, for something to give me that amazing 5 star feeling and to get me excited and it never did. I liked the characters alot, loved the commentary and meaning behind the story but plot wise idk it was just okay. all the sad scenes didn't hit me at all, the whole book just kinda went by without causing any extreme emotions in me and I'm not sure why. I actually loved the book at the beginning when we followed mamoru and chul-hee bc i LOVED their relationship dynamic and I also wanted more abt Misakis past and idk the first half made me think this book was going in a way different direction than it did. maybe I overhyped it way more in my head but idk it wasn't as exciting as I thought. also maybe bc I watched alot of yt videos of everyone just crying while reading this it kinda prepared me and I knew sad stuff would happen so maybe that's why I didn't react. but all that to say it's still a great book, I wouldn't have finished it if it wasn't bc I hate long books and I don't read fantasy so dat should speak for itself.

would've been 5 stars if it wasn't for the exhausting last 30%. love them bad, love the anxiety rep, LOVE the letters but my god the last 30% I just listened to on 2x speed wanting the stupid “he still loves her” bullshit to end.

2.5

this was not at all what I hoped it would be. most of the stories started great and had scary atmosphere and then went boring and predictable. I guessed every single “plot twist” in this collection. nothing was scary to me. some stories like people you may know or peeping tommy were literally not even horror, there was nothing even slightly scary in them i was so confused. with each story my excitement and overall rating just kept getting worse and worse. sad

individual ratings:

what we have here 4/5
Theresa 3/5
blackbird 3.5/5
the sisters 2.5/5
peeping Tommy 1.5/5
becca 2/5
sleeptalker 2.5/5
rebirth 4/5
katherine 3/5
scared mary 4/5
something else entirely 1/5
Nancy 3/5
people you may know 1/5
emil bones 1.5/5