Live Reading Reactions/Ratings/Reviews

Currently Reading: A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl book 8), Psycho Shifters (Cruel Shiftverse Book 1), The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (The Hunger Games book 0) and If We Were Villains DM for suggestions, or just to talk!

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Hey now that was like, one of two groups of people. His success record is definitely higher

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I really like that Osvaldo was set up as a stand offish jackass, from the start of the crystals to just a moment ago. But he really is just another guy. Someone else stuck here with his own goals

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I don't have anything specific I want to say here, I just liked this part

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DAMN. CLOCK his ass. Are we sure she isn't Bea's therapist?

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I liked that he not only called the bugbears his friends, but that was the reason for Osvaldo to not hurt them. It's just so casual and kind

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This is a story about a group of friends in a theater program at college. It's their final year, and they've worked hard to stay together and graduate at the end of this year.

But when their star villain's body is found in the water, things change both for the school and for his close friends. They have to try and have the show go on, while dealing with the repercussions the loss of Richard creates.

It took me a few chapters to get into this one. The characters tend to talk in Shakespeare and it's pretentious and annoying. But once Richard dies it really picks up.

This book mostly focuses on the psyche of the other students rather than the "who dunnit" which is an interesting take. Making a murder into a contemporary is a hard thing to do, but they do it well.

The ending didn't really make sense to me - I found it to be more of a cop-out from earlier choices made in the book.

3.5/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ rounded up

The End

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YES! Good in Carl, beat his ass

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The Ending

Why.....would James fake his death. Like, what would be the point of that. He got away with the crime, he has nothing to hide from. And he left a note for Oliver to find anyway. Him being dead was an interesting and tragic twist, but this makes no sense.

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The point here is that they're all crazy loose cannons and that they need paid more to be with this group. I get the joke BUT I feel like saying they should've offered a *lower* price would work too in a "we don't want to piss these people off" kind of way

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Act 5 - Scene 6

That kiss was NOT "brotherly" LOL

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HE TOOK FATE INTO HIS OWN HAND

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Oh man...I can *feel* his tension. It's like a palpable thing in the room with me. All he wants is to not be in charge of everyone's lives, to get everyone out. This coin trick with all bad sides...

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All right, last one on this chapter.

He is so completely broken from the crash. Even his voice is described as a croak. Inside and out Carl is having a rough go of it.

He knows he's still broken but his first thought is to look for Donut in the mess

AND Jasha and Radoslav rush to the food truck the second they can

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I just wanted to highlight this part because it's badASS!! He's in control of the steering in such a position I can't fathom. And since he didn't get to do his pedicure he knows he's putting a lot on the line to do this feet-first

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Two things of note here. One; They both took over driving. So that's not great, even if there was no other choice.

Two; I don't think I'll get over the Carl and Donut bond. She doesn't hesitate to rip up the chair that saved her life because Carl need her help. And it's against the rules to drive but she does it anyway. QUEEN Donut

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He tried to save his mercenaryyyyyy. Like. Not even the ones he's *had* on his team. The One Fine Pig team didn't care about either of theirs

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I really liked the ninja foxes. They were sneaky, but anyone trusting Carl's judgment (the kangaroos) has some points in my book. (And cmon. Ninja foxes)