Brings up too much trauma

I am graduated and gone from high school and college, but I was part of the post-columbine active shooter culture. This book brought me right back to the terror of the American schooling system as I experienced it. There's a strong focus on school shooting, and I thought I could handle it, but about an hour and a half in I just can't stomach the reminder of how scared I was in high school. It's not often that I return an Audible title, but this one is going back because I just can't put myself through the pain of reading it.

It does seem to be a well-written YA novel. The narration fits the story well -- sometimes too well for my nerves in the sections narrated by the school shooter -- and the voices are fairly well differentiated. I wouldn't say it's not appropriate for the YA audience, but I would recommend screening it before giving it to a child. Things that are scary in adulthood sometimes aren't so scary to a younger person, and I think this is likely the case here. I read books about school shootings while I was in school and didn't find them a fraction as disturbing as I found this book now.

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A more grown up, darker Paranorman

I loved this. Loved the concept of deadworld. Choices were made for voicing girls. lol

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SO BAD

I listened to this book because of a suggestion online. The story is rather lame and lacks hype or significance. The worst part about it all though is the onslaught of “trendy” drama. The main character is a gay black kid who of course attends an all white school. The endless suggestions of “white privilege”, “white homophobia”, and “victim because black” is smeared everywhere. Literally skipped multiple sections of the book and raced to the end in hopes of some sort of enjoyment, but was progressively disappointed. If you slurp up the mainstream garbage being thrown around, you’ll love the title! Would rate negative stars across the board if I could.

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WOW WHAT A GREAT BOOK

Douglass does a great job of utilizing imagery to set the scene and create character development. I finished this book so quickly! He did a really great job filling in any gaps or questions, so no sequel is needed but I’d honestly read the whole series. Overall this book was great right out the gate and finished just as well! An addictive read!

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loved every second of it

i read this book in one day, it was amazing, fun and intriguing. i highly recommend it to supernatural lovers and lgbtqia readers

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That was a nail biter!!!

So lemme just say the descriptions and attention to detail were on point! ( kinda gross) but on point. The author does a great job at showing the parallels between the protagonist and antagonist, but also how family and positive influence can be the difference! It’s a relatively short listen, but a great story!

First audible

I enjoyed the story and the narrators, they were the first ones I’ve found that actually sounded good like they’re voices belonged to their character, Great book

A breath of fresh air

I've read plenty of books dealing with mediums, but never one quite like this. The protagonist, Jake, truly grows on you until you can't help but feel protective of him. Sawyer is a legitimately terrifying antagonist, one that I was constantly afraid of what he would do. The supporting cast is very life-like, and round out this tale nicely. The Taking of Jake Livingston is delightful story!

A little too much trauma

So, performance-wise this was a fine book. However, I couldn't really get into the story, and found the POV of the school shooter frustrating as it really seemed to be trying to justify actions. Did not finish.

is this me but supernatural?

I found Jake very relatable, this book has every genera I love how this story fits with anyone's life though any character it's scary how well you can relate to any character 10/10 recommend