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Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear by Robin Wasley

lottie1803's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

elise12's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional hopeful fast-paced

4.5

itsbibliotasha's review

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3.0

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Dead Things Are Closer Than They Appear is about found family, betrayal, trust, and love. In this book, thriller meets fantasy in an exhilarating adventure in a small town where magic exists within a fault line. When one part of the fault line is opened, Sid is met with unexpected friends on a quest to close it back up. 

I genuinely enjoyed this book. I did forget there for a second that it was YA just because the kids were in such a high-stake situation. The beginning was fun and fast paced. However, towards the end of the book it did slow down quite a bit and it wasn’t the ending I was expecting; It was anticlimactic.

therevallison's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

The last half of this book was much better than the first half. The issue with this first half is it just went from attack to attack to attack that I felt there was a lack of character development. And I kept on thinking, "Why does she have her cat with her!?" Also. How many times can a person get strangled, tortured, etc and the moment the pain is over....it haut disappears from her body.
The book was very YA in terms of romance and I enjoyed the second half but felt myself wishing I had liked it more and that it had been a tad bit shoeter. 

celastine's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ddmgembala's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring mysterious sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

bookishk80's review against another edition

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4.0

Sid Spencer is a normal teenager in a fault line town where the magic sealed away draws tourists. After a rift opens up she discovers her brother is one of eight guardians of the fault line and that magic and shells (zombie like beings) are now running loose. People besides the guardians start getting powers. Now she needs to find her brother and navigate an apocalypse.

Though this was a slow start for me, I really enjoyed the themes of family and human connection in this book. There were plenty of points that made me chuckle and cheer for these characters.

Thank you to Dreamscape Media for an advanced audio book on NetGalley.

charleybb26's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

cboddie's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.25

7th & up

fanoora's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0