Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, and Blood (non-pet, very short lived pet, deaths not on page)

Representations: https://trello.com/c/59KbB5rv/124-we-do-not-welcome-our-ten-year-old-overlord-by-garth-nix Tense, surprisingly gory (animal gore, not human) and I genuinely forgot that I think this is actually meant to be a middle grade book lmao. The characters where a mixed bag for sure, it's hard to get decent character depth in a short time with so much else going on so it's not super character driven (especially with there being so many characters too) but you still get a decent show of their personalities - especially in the D&D sections! The plot was insane and wild, certainly something that needs a good amount of suspension of disbelief, but also really felt like they were kids which was nice. A weird sci-fi, Stranger Things, D&D mix of things that works quite well. It's fast paced, manages to fit a lot in and while the ending feels a little ehhhhh it still works tbh. Just wish it worked in the ending reveal a bit better into the rest of the book. D&D was a really nice inclusion, and the hand-made maps and details at the end + the authors note was really sweet honestly, the book really felt like a love-letter to proper "at-home" running with friends kinda style of game and played out a little like one too imo (though, the book's story would probably work better as a call of cthulhu game tbh :P).