Reviews tagging 'Cursing'

Ghost Wall by Sarah Moss

7 reviews

peeshy's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Emotional abuse, Blood, Cursing, Child abuse, Torture, Racism, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, and Animal death

esme_may's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Sexism, Violence, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Blood, and Misogyny

Moderate: Animal death, Classism, Death, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Racism, Racial slurs, and Xenophobia

Minor: Alcohol, Murder, Pedophilia, and Religious bigotry

audreyxine's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was so weird. I loved it. It won't be for everyone, but it was for me. The writing style was confusing and the ending was anitclimactic, but those seem so intentional I can't give this book less than 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Torture, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Animal death, Alcohol, Death, and Cursing

Minor: Lesbophobia, Sexual assault, and Homophobia

readersreadingnook's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Toxic relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Cursing, Emotional abuse, and Adult/minor relationship

clemrain's review against another edition

challenging dark informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

Most of the story I was waiting for some sort of plot to kick in. It didn’t, but not every story needs a plot. If the characters were more complex and had shifting ideas, they could’ve done enough for the story. But the characters weren’t interesting to me either. 

The writing was beautiful and Moss has a unique way to her prose. The detailed scenery and thoughts come simultaneously. It was fun to read. I’m looking forward to reading more from Moss.

I think it could’ve been a better story if condensed. A lot of the plot was the same day repeated. It’s definitely a read for theories, and I was looking for a simple read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse and Animal death

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Classism, Gaslighting, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Medical content, and Misogyny

caitlynleahy's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Ghost Wall is a short novella about Silvie, her parents, three archeology students, and their professor as they partake in a two week historical reenactment of England's Iron Ages. It's heavy, with a large portion of the book focusing on Silvie's abusive father. 
Stylistically, it feels like reading Silvie's diary or being inside her thoughts. The lack of quotation marks for dialogue feels confusing at first but as the book progresses, it gets easier to determine who is speaking. 
I will say that the ending felt rushed, and like it would benefit from five or so pages. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Blood, Body shaming, Animal death, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcohol, Fatphobia, and Cursing

starstruk99's review against another edition

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Misogyny, Child abuse, and Sexism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail