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* BrokenBase: The book itself. Is it...
** A sadistic example of TorturePorn, with a brutal ending and nonstop AuthorAppeal?
** Or...a TrueArtIsAngsty type exploration of the connection between peer pressure and violence?
* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Cindy trying to impersonate Barbara when an unexpected visitor shows up. Trust us, that's about as light-hearted as things get.
* ParanoiaFuel: It might be a while before you feel safe going to sleep or letting your guard down in any other conceivable way.
* {{Squick}}:
** Lots of it. LOTS of it. The reason so many reviews are split on whether this book is a masterpiece of disturbing horror, or just disturbing. The one thing every single review of this book seems to agree on, is that it is disturbing.
** Paul [[spoiler:choking to death on his own vomit in ''Game's End'']].
* TearJerker:
** [[spoiler:Barbara's parents]] in the epilogue.
** In ''Game's End'', any scene with [[spoiler:Bobby, especially the epilogue.]]
* TheWoobie: Barbara and The Picker
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