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cindy_leavemetomybooks's review against another edition
4.0
A heartbreakingly raw and accurate depiction of the consequences of bullying and the entirely stupid and inadequate responses adults give to kids, with just the right amount of creepy for older elementary/middle grade readers.
mfrisk's review against another edition
A bit too YA for me but I think middle school/high school kids would enjoy it.
lady_grey_with_honey's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
I absolutely adored this middle grade horror story set at a summer camp where the new girl, Parker, is assigned to the same cabin as her middle school bully. I thought the bullying was portrayed very realistically and it brought me right back to my own childhood. Mean girls are the worst! Anyway, just when Parker is losing hope of making a single friend at camp, she meets a girl who accepts her completely and wants to be her best friend - FOREVER. Then the mean girls start having freak accidents . This story was fantastic and I am definitely going to look for more by this author!
sarahsyearofbooks's review against another edition
Just not in the right mood for this Middle Grade book right now.
megj23's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying and Gaslighting
Moderate: Child death, Death, Suicide, Blood, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Vomit
shelbykate's review against another edition
3.5
middle grade horror is just on another level. i’m also just a huge fan of camp settings and themes of bullying
I felt so bad for Parker the whole time and all the adults/teens even made me mad. reminds me as a adult to listen to kids when they speak up
allisonnnoel's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
belanna2's review against another edition
3.5
This that the potential to be a good YA horror story but then it went Disney with the saccharine, PC arc at the end. I had no sympathy for Cassandra or the others; and the adults and their "non-actions" were worst. History repeated itself with the events at the camp and that sappy ending...Parker having to be the bigger person towards the pathetic adults/camp counselors and the kumbaya lovefest at the end. No. There are consequences for actions; and they should have felt the true raft of Tori. Bullying, it's effects/outcomes. were swept under the rug by adults and the bullies, who played victim when they were called out; they were protected and hid behind the facade of being sweet, innocent and harmless while the adults just enabled everything. I hated the owner of the Camp and the counselors. Completely worthless. This could have been on the level of Sleepaway Camp and Angela, but it wasn't.
rudexgrrl's review against another edition
5.0
I chose this book for Book Riots Read Harder 2024 Challenge Task 3, and I am so happy I did. I love this so much, I sympathized with these young girls so much and put me right back at being 13 again.