Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Slade House by David Mitchell

4 reviews

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

sonyareadsbooks'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? No

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Gore, Medical content, and Body shaming

Minor: Body horror, Body shaming, Animal death, Suicide, and Xenophobia

rachelunabridged's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence, Sexual content, and Misogyny