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villagrandres's reviews
31 reviews
Playground by Aron Beauregard
dark
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Yes, it’s a very gory and disgusting book that can be hard to stomach. But outside of that, the writing is tough to get through. There’s a lot of alliteration and hyperfixation on gore scenes (which again, it’s what I expected, but c’mon man move on with the story). I’m also not the best with imagery, but I don’t think the descriptions of some settings were very good. Characters also seemed inconsistent and some lines were very cheesy. Overall, I think there was a potential for a good story. I understand that I am not the intended audience for splatterpunk, but I was able to stomach the gore so I think that my unejoyment of this book ultimately comes down to the author’s writing.