{"id":966,"date":"2020-03-03T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-10-25T22:47:16","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T02:47:16","slug":"a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/","title":{"rendered":"A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal"},"content":{"rendered":"

 <\/p>\n

<\/span><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s 1992 in Bleak Creek, North Carolina\u2014a sleepy little place with all the trappings of an ordinary Southern town: two Baptist churches, friendly smiles coupled with silent judgments, and an unquenchable appetite for pork products. Beneath the town\u2019s cheerful fa\u00e7ade, however, Bleak Creek teens live in constant fear of being sent to the Whitewood School, a local reformatory with a history of putting unruly youths back on the straight and narrow\u2014a record so impeccable that almost everyone is willing to ignore the suspicious\u00a0deaths that have occurred there over the past decade.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
At first, high school freshmen Rex McClendon and Leif Nelson believe what they\u2019ve been told: that the students\u2019 strange demises were all just tragic accidents, the unfortunate consequence of succumbing to vices like Marlboro Lights and Nirvana. But when the shoot for their low-budget horror masterpiece,\u00a0PolterDog,<\/i>\u00a0goes horribly awry\u2014and their best friend, Alicia Boykins, is sent to Whitewood as punishment\u2014Rex and Leif are forced to question everything they know about their unassuming hometown and its cherished school for delinquents.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Eager to rescue their friend, Rex and Leif pair up with recent NYU film school graduate Janine Blitstein to begin piecing together the unsettling truth of the school and its mysterious founder, Wayne Whitewood. What they find will leave them battling an evil beyond their wildest imaginations\u2014one that will shake Bleak Creek to its core.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Genre:<\/b> Supernatural<\/span>
\nPublisher:<\/b>\u00a0Crown (October 29, 2019)<\/span>
\nPage Count:<\/b>\u00a0336 pages<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>Ever since Rhett and Link announced in Good Mythical Morning that they were writing a novel, I knew I had to get it. However, I was a little skeptical about how good this novel would be. I love these two comedians (I mean they are completely part of my daily routine) but Buddy System attested that their storytelling needed a little work. They have hilarious characters and they\u2019d have a good beginning then it would go off the rails at the end. So I was a little nervous I wouldn\u2019t like their novel but I love these guys so much I had to give them a chance.<\/span><\/p>\n


\nThe Plot<\/h2>\n

I think because of the assistance with their co-writer Lance Rubin, the plot faired far better than their other narratives. It had an intense beginning, managed to keep consistent tension and finish well. There was some exposition, head-hopping, and a long flashback to reveal the villain\u2019s backstory, yet despite these flaws, the mystery of the story propelled me to keep reading.\u00a0<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

The Characters<\/h2>\n

Rhett and Link have outright stated that Rex and Leif are them as teenagers and they did a wonderful job capturing their teenage selves. I love how they mentioned awkward details like body odor and feeling fuzzy around their crush. It felt really authentic and real. They incorporated a lot of their own quirks and things they used to do as kids like playing Testikill (you just have to read the book to find out what that is ?), wading out to an island in a river, and arguing about Link\u2019s pickiness. My only bother with them is they lied frequently to progress in the story with not much consequence.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>Janine is based on Stevie Levine and I really like the character\u2019s relationship with her cousin and throughout the book, you\u2019re yearning for their relationship to be prepared. Alicia is a really sweet and spunky character and the center of many of the Bleak Creek happenings. She\u2019s very brave and smart. Whitewood is a nefarious but understandable villain.\u00a0<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>And of course, there have to be a couple of quirky characters cause this is a Rhett and Link story. Ben and Hornhat were very amusing. There were many moments with them that had me chuckling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Setting<\/h2>\n

As someone who\u2019s lived in the south for all my life, they did a great job describing it mostly because they lived there as well. The 90s time period also felt so vivid as well as mentioning Clearly Canadian and Hypercolor shirts and old ladies putting plastic on their couches. There\u2019s also a supernatural element introduced later on that I can\u2019t expand upon too much without spoilers but just know that it\u2019s very unique.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>My only irk is the disrespect toward Christianity in areas. I haven\u2019t looked into Rhett and Link\u2019s spiritual journeys (I heard there\u2019s an Ear Biscuits ep about it though), but there were definitely some mixed feelings and skepticism portrayed by the characters even though they attend church weekly. One character mentions \u201cpatriarchy and xenophobia\u201d in the south, there\u2019s a bible verse on the creepy brainwashing school entrance, and there\u2019s a fanatical religious cult. Also, baptism is likened to waterboarding which felt disrespectful to a really sacred Christian ritual.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>Now I don\u2019t think it\u2019s wrong for the characters to feel these feelings and to portray cults because they are a thing but there wasn\u2019t good shown with religion to balance it out and with all of the disdain shown toward Christianity in American cultures currently, I just don\u2019t like that there\u2019s another book out there that could lead people to the wrong conclusions. There\u2019s enough of that out there already.<\/span><\/p>\n

Epic Things<\/h2>\n

There is a lot of classic Rhett and Link comedy like Link hissing at a random raccoon. XD Glowing water and bubbles is a really neat aesthetic.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Theme<\/h2>\n

Bravery is a big theme. Being brave enough to stand up for what you believe in despite opposition.<\/span><\/p>\n

Content Cautions<\/h2>\n

There\u2019s actually a decent amount of content in this book. I\u2019d say a strong PG-13 rating. Good Mythical Morning has evolved into a bit more of a mature show and that shows in their writing as well. It\u2019s mentioned in a newspaper that a kid was baked to death in an oven and a girl died in a gas explosion. There\u2019s also mention of someone committing suicide with pills. Adults are abusive to kids, the worst examples being cutting hands with a knife, leaving them immobilized in a carpet roll for hours forcing them to pee themselves, and one man nearly water torturing a girl to death and then choking her. A lot of blood is drained from a dead guy. A person shoots someone else with a gun with lots of blood.\u00a0<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span>There\u2019s also a good deal of swearing and some severe curse words. Fourteen uses of h***, fourteen uses of d***, twelve uses of sh**, seven uses of bi***, five uses of a**hole, three uses of a**, three uses of f***, and two of d**k.<\/span>
\n
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

What We Can Take Away For Our Writing<\/h2>\n

An Exposition Flashback That Works –<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>Near the end of the novel, there is a chapter dedicated to Whitewood’s backstory. It’s basically an exposition dump, but you just want to know so bad about what up with this kook that you can’t help but enjoy it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

How this can be applied to writing:<\/b><\/span>\u00a0Sometimes exposition chapters work, but the information conveyed has to be something irresistible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h2>\n

I enjoyed the book and I heard that Rhett and Link are going to try to turn it into a movie. Count me in!<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

About the Authors:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Rhett & Link, best friends since the first grade, are an LA-based comedic duo known for hosting the most-watched daily talk show on the Internet,\u00a0<\/span>Good Mythical Morning<\/i>, their narrative series\u00a0<\/span>Rhett & Link’s Buddy System<\/i>, the award-winning weekly podcast\u00a0<\/span>Ear Biscuits<\/i>, as well as their wildly popular comedic songs, sketches, and viral low-budget local commercials. Rhett & Link\u2019s YouTube channels have a combined subscriber base of over 19 million people with over 4 billion total views. They have been featured on and in\u00a0<\/span>The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon<\/i>,\u00a0<\/span>The Conan O\u2019Brien Show<\/i>,\u00a0<\/span>Variety<\/i>,\u00a0<\/span>USA Today<\/i>, and\u00a0<\/span>Mashable<\/i>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  \u00a0 It\u2019s 1992 in Bleak Creek, North Carolina\u2014a sleepy little place with all the trappings of an ordinary Southern town: two Baptist churches, friendly smiles coupled with silent judgments, and an unquenchable appetite for pork products. Beneath the town\u2019s cheerful fa\u00e7ade, however, Bleak Creek teens live in constant fear of being sent to the …<\/p>\n

A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":967,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,39],"tags":[50,165,169,166,168,167],"class_list":["post-966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-writing","tag-book-reviews","tag-good-mythical-morning","tag-link-neal","tag-rhett-and-link","tag-rhett-mclaughlin","tag-the-lost-causes-of-bleak-creek"],"yoast_head":"\nA Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal - Wanderer's Pen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal - Wanderer's Pen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"  \u00a0 It\u2019s 1992 in Bleak Creek, North Carolina\u2014a sleepy little place with all the trappings of an ordinary Southern town: two Baptist churches, friendly smiles coupled with silent judgments, and an unquenchable appetite for pork products. Beneath the town\u2019s cheerful fa\u00e7ade, however, Bleak Creek teens live in constant fear of being sent to the … A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal Read More »\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wanderer's Pen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-03-03T23:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-26T02:47:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BThe2BLost2BCauses2Bof2BBleak2BCreek2Bby2BRhett2BMcLaughlin2Band2BLink2BNeal.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Victoria Grace Howell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Victoria Grace Howell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Victoria Grace Howell\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/7a44162284e065d06efefff684584955\"},\"headline\":\"A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-03T23:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-26T02:47:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/\"},\"wordCount\":1333,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BThe2BLost2BCauses2Bof2BBleak2BCreek2Bby2BRhett2BMcLaughlin2Band2BLink2BNeal.png?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"Book Reviews\",\"Good Mythical Morning\",\"Link Neal\",\"Rhett and Link\",\"Rhett McLaughlin\",\"The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Book Reviews\",\"Writing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/\",\"name\":\"A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal - Wanderer's Pen\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BThe2BLost2BCauses2Bof2BBleak2BCreek2Bby2BRhett2BMcLaughlin2Band2BLink2BNeal.png?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-03T23:00:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-26T02:47:16+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BThe2BLost2BCauses2Bof2BBleak2BCreek2Bby2BRhett2BMcLaughlin2Band2BLink2BNeal.png?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BThe2BLost2BCauses2Bof2BBleak2BCreek2Bby2BRhett2BMcLaughlin2Band2BLink2BNeal.png?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=1\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1600},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/\",\"name\":\"Wanderer's Pen\",\"description\":\""Wandering through worlds, real and fictional"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Wanderer's Pen\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Inukshuk.icon_.tn_-e1567372691732.png?fit=150%2C150&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Inukshuk.icon_.tn_-e1567372691732.png?fit=150%2C150&ssl=1\",\"width\":150,\"height\":150,\"caption\":\"Wanderer's Pen\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/7a44162284e065d06efefff684584955\",\"name\":\"Victoria Grace Howell\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg\",\"caption\":\"Victoria Grace Howell\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/author\/01849013182543674707\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal - Wanderer's Pen","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal - Wanderer's Pen","og_description":"  \u00a0 It\u2019s 1992 in Bleak Creek, North Carolina\u2014a sleepy little place with all the trappings of an ordinary Southern town: two Baptist churches, friendly smiles coupled with silent judgments, and an unquenchable appetite for pork products. Beneath the town\u2019s cheerful fa\u00e7ade, however, Bleak Creek teens live in constant fear of being sent to the … A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal Read More »","og_url":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/","og_site_name":"Wanderer's Pen","article_published_time":"2020-03-03T23:00:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-10-26T02:47:16+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BThe2BLost2BCauses2Bof2BBleak2BCreek2Bby2BRhett2BMcLaughlin2Band2BLink2BNeal.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1","width":1024,"height":1024,"type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Victoria Grace Howell","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Victoria Grace Howell","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/"},"author":{"name":"Victoria Grace Howell","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/7a44162284e065d06efefff684584955"},"headline":"A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal","datePublished":"2020-03-03T23:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-26T02:47:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/"},"wordCount":1333,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BThe2BLost2BCauses2Bof2BBleak2BCreek2Bby2BRhett2BMcLaughlin2Band2BLink2BNeal.png?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=1","keywords":["Book Reviews","Good Mythical Morning","Link Neal","Rhett and Link","Rhett McLaughlin","The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek"],"articleSection":["Book Reviews","Writing"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/","url":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/","name":"A Book Review of The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek by Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal - Wanderer's Pen","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BThe2BLost2BCauses2Bof2BBleak2BCreek2Bby2BRhett2BMcLaughlin2Band2BLink2BNeal.png?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=1","datePublished":"2020-03-03T23:00:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-26T02:47:16+00:00","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/a-book-review-of-lost-causes-of-bleak\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BThe2BLost2BCauses2Bof2BBleak2BCreek2Bby2BRhett2BMcLaughlin2Band2BLink2BNeal.png?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BThe2BLost2BCauses2Bof2BBleak2BCreek2Bby2BRhett2BMcLaughlin2Band2BLink2BNeal.png?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=1","width":1600,"height":1600},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#website","url":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/","name":"Wanderer's Pen","description":""Wandering through worlds, real and fictional"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#organization","name":"Wanderer's Pen","url":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Inukshuk.icon_.tn_-e1567372691732.png?fit=150%2C150&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Inukshuk.icon_.tn_-e1567372691732.png?fit=150%2C150&ssl=1","width":150,"height":150,"caption":"Wanderer's Pen"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/7a44162284e065d06efefff684584955","name":"Victoria Grace Howell","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&r=pg","caption":"Victoria Grace Howell"},"url":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/author\/01849013182543674707\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/A2BBook2BReview2Bof2BThe2BLost2BCauses2Bof2BBleak2BCreek2Bby2BRhett2BMcLaughlin2Band2BLink2BNeal.png?fit=1600%2C1600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=966"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12571,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/966\/revisions\/12571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/victoriagracehowell.com\/staging\/6258\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}