Does the dog die?
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The Girl in the Creek
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A black lab infected by the Strangeness transforms and is attacked by Erin. The attack and subsequent death is very gory. However, the dog later comes back to life and is alive and well by the end of the book.
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Are animals abused?
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Numerous animals are hunted and killed, and their pain is described with some detail, usually through the eyes of the Strange coyote.
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Elena, the creek girl, is raped before the events of the book. This assault is referenced numerous times.
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A coyote is killed in ch. 1.
The group finds a pile of dead animals that were hunted in an abandoned pool house in ch. 6.
The group finds a pile of dead animals that were hunted in an abandoned pool house in ch. 6.
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Does a pet die?
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A black lab named Cletus is killed after being infected with the Strangeness, but comes back to life by the end of the book.
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Elena, the Creek Girl, is assaulted before the start of the book. The trauma is referenced numerous times.
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Is there a dead animal?
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Many, many animals are killed by hunters and the description of the pile of dead animals in the hunter's cabin is fairly gnarly. Specific animals that are killed include rabbits, coyotes, and a dog.
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Does someone vomit?
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Erin throws up after a run.
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Nick Steadman's eyes shoot white ropes after he is infected with the Strangeness.
Craig's eyes are gouged out and replaced with fungus by Elena.
Craig's eyes are gouged out and replaced with fungus by Elena.
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Is there excessive gore?
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The descriptions of body horror in this book are intense and vivid.
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is rape mentioned?
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Elena, the creek girl, is raped before the events of the book. This is brought up several times.
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Are rabbits harmed?
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Rabbits are among the animals hunted and discovered in the hunter's cabin. There is no explicit scene of a rabbit dying, but their bodies are commented on by the crew that finds the cabin.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is there body horror?
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As the girl in the creek is taken over by the Strangeness, horrific changes start to happen to her body. All deaths after Erin and Matt are kidnapped in the woods are described with extreme body horror.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there blood/gore?
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The group stumbles upon a horrific pile of animal corpses in ch. 6
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Is there sexual content?
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Elena, the creek girl, simulates sex with a man she later kills. The moment of the man's death reads as orgasmic for her.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Matt's head is crushed when he is swung into the mixer after he and Erin are kidnapped. Other characters who die after being infected with the Strangeness melt after death.
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Is someone burned alive?
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At the end of the book, Jordan sets the lair of the Strangeness on fire, killing everyone inside. The people who were infected are still "alive" and the description of them burning is graphic.
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Are there abusive parents?
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Erin describes her mother as a negligent alcoholic.
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Is there cannibalism?
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Kind of. The Strangeness "feeds" on some of the bodies of those infected. People are never eating people, but the nutrients from some of the infected fuel the collective.
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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Dahlia is repeatedly objectified by the Steadman brothers.
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Does a dragon die?
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No dragons in this book.
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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A coyote bites the ankle of the creek girl to drag her into the water. It is repeatedly identified as an Achilles Tendon injury later in the book.
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Is there gun violence?
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Erin and Jordan are shot at while running through the woods in ch.9. There are multiple scenes that show there is a lot of hunting in the area.
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Does a major character die?
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Most of the main characters are dead by the end of the book.
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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When Erin enters the cave looking for Kayla after the bakery cave-in, she has to squeeze through a rock fall and ends up enclosed on the other side. There is a definite trapped feeling to this scene.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone die?
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Most of the characters end up dead by the end of the book.
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Erin's mother was an alcoholic and Erin talks about her frequently, but she is not present character in the book.
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Is there screaming?
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Many characters scream.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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There is adult language and swearing throughout the book.
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Does someone leave without saying goodbye?
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Erin's brother, Bryan, is missing at the start of the book. Erin explains he went on a trip, then never came back.
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Are there mannequins?
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There is a blow up doll in the abandoned bakery.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Hari is explicitly identified as gay and is dead by the end of the book.
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Is an LGBT+ person outed?
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Hari and Erin are already out at the beginning of the book. None of the characters take issue with their sexuality.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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The ending is satisfying and our main character lives, but most of her friends die and she ends up having to destroy her brother, who she has searched for throughout the book.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Is someone kidnapped?
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While walking in the woods with Matt, Erin is kidnapped and tied up by the Steadman brothers. Matt, Kayla, and Dahliah are taken as well.
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