Reviews tagging 'Death'

Slade House by David Mitchell

15 reviews

thequiltyreader's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Good little read and I enjoyed the storyline and character building but had to L say I found the book incredibly repetitive, which I understand it had to be by the nature of the story but it did detract away from the enjoyment a bit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Torture, Blood, Body shaming, Child death, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Gore, Death, Addiction, Bullying, and Murder

epeolatrist's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

3.0

Slade House is incredibly well written. However... there were a lot of things missing for me. The novel didn't exactly read like a novel and rather like five intertwined short stories. I felt like there was little character development, other than a small amount for Norah and Jonah at the end. Speaking of the end, I'm quite confused. It seemed a bit abrupt to me. I wish that I had gotten some background on Iris and how she came to be a so-called "astronaut." I did not dislike Slade House. It's a fast and interesting read. I was just left a little underwhelmed toward the end. It's not a book that I think I will pick up again in the future, unfortunately.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, and Fatphobia

Moderate: Body shaming, Racism, and Sexual content

zsometimesreads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious

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

3.75

an interesting story about a pair of twins possessing and consuming the soul of a child on drugs, an… eager… detective inspector, a delusional girl, the girl’s confused sister, and finally one of the twins perspective of trying to consume an horologist. probably should’ve researched the order to read david mitchell’s books cause apparently this ties into his other books but it’s too late now 🤷‍♀️

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Moderate: Drug use, Body shaming, and Fatphobia

chelly_reads's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Death

mxajlikesbooks's review

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia and Death

georgiakirkegard's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Police brutality, Death, Child death, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, and Gore

z_thatsit's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, and Murder

Moderate: Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Body horror, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child death, Cursing, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Grief, Kidnapping, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident, Bullying, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, and Racism

flissjoy33's review

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

+ loved the thriller genre, third part was my favourite. 
- fantasy genre, fourth part dragged out a bit, fifth part I didn't understand because it links to a series the author's already written.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Alcohol, Child death, and Death

northernlitreading's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious reflective tense medium-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? Yes

4.75

what a fascinating book! i bought it on a complete whim and i just loved it. what an insane story. i really loved that we only a spent a little time with each new character but still really got to know them - they were so well developed with different humour, accents, wants - it impressed me anyway.

i also loved how at the end, norahs realisation at her aging paralleled all the twins’ victims when they noticed they couldn’t breathe - so clever

genuinely recommend this so much. very glad i read it! compared with the only other horror/thriller i’ve read - the turn of the screw - this was so much better and i’m glad i have discovered that not all books in the genre are convoluted and boring 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Grief, Murder, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Body shaming, Racism, Death, Kidnapping, and Stalking

ashbcgc's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death