Reviews tagging 'Racism'

Kill Creek by Scott Thomas

11 reviews

kaywhiteley's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.0

If not for the second half of this book, it would've gotten a big fat 1 star. Frankly, it was so incredibly boring for the first 200 pages that I don't even know why I kept reading it. Every character was simply a one dimensional unlikable caricature that could be described in a single word. I'm not sure if the characters were supposed to be unlikeable but boy howdy were they! None of them had even a little bit of an interesting backstory except maybe Sam and even his story was told so flatly that it wasn't even compelling. 

For the offensive bits, why the fuck did the author mention Daniel being fat every single page. Even when he is

crying over his dead daughter

his "bulk" is mentioned. It's weird! Constant fatphobic jokes and just weird out of place quips just to remind you, in case you somehow forgot, that his whole personality is being fat. The singular main female character was written by a man and you can tell. The author had to show she "wasn't like other girls" and was badass by... being mean to service workers? She was just a bitch. I also didn't see the need of commenting on each female character's boobs, even when one of them is simply a teenager. It was just weird what the author focused on. 

This book was also just so repetitive. There comes a point where, no matter how much gore and scary shit you put in, things get tedious. The author was constantly telling us about the characters and the story without showing us through his writing. 

Overall, I just think this book was lazy. The basic premise (especially when it started branching off from every haunted house story ever) was pretty cool, though it didn't pick up until halfway through the book. I thought some of the tense scenes were written well and I liked the "villain" of the story. But even with the evil house, this book could've been so much more interesting if he went into the story behind it. Why is it evil? When did it start? What was up with the sisters? This book would've been so much better if he cut out all the unnecessary shit about Daniel being soooo fat blah blah blah and just talked about the interesting bits. 

Anyways. Lazy book, lazy writing. Trying too hard to be Haunting of Hill House but edgier with some fatphobia and misogyny sprinkled in. Not worth the parts that were actually interesting. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Fatphobia

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism and Car accident

radtj's review

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

Felt kind of slow in the middle, I almost dropped it, but I was happy I completed it because the ending was good. Not super scary, a little bit thriller-y with a haunted house theme.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Murder, Suicide, Car accident, Gore, Child abuse, Confinement, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, and Racism

je_fancyb's review

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.5

The main woman in this book sure does breast boobily a lot....
It's not BAD but you can tell it's a first novel

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Violence, Suicide, Gore, Racism, Sexual violence, Death of parent, Child abuse, and Murder

galliexyc's review

dark fast-paced

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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, Death, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Death of parent, and Blood

Moderate: Sexual assault, Child death, Emotional abuse, Sexism, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Alcohol, Body shaming, Car accident, and Misogyny

Minor: Vomit, Racism, and Slavery

haleybre's review

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Death, Murder, Addiction, Body horror, Cancer, Child abuse, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Toxic relationship, Violence, Grief, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Sexual content, Physical abuse, and Blood

thephantomtoll's review against another edition

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

1.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Self harm, Sexual violence, Fire/Fire injury, Misogyny, Suicide, Violence, Hate crime, Racism, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Child death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Emotional abuse, Murder, Death, Gore, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Car accident, Dementia, Infertility, and Cancer

ivy123's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

This was everything i love in a haunted house story. It was creepy ,supernatural and hosted an ecletic group of characters. This would be great as a movie as the characters were very visceral. The motivations of the house was unique and i loved the idea of horror authors in a haunte  house. Trigger warning for fatphobia as the way one of the characters was described and made fun of was difficult to read 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia, Hate crime, Racism, Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Body shaming, Death, Alcohol, and Blood

Minor: Child death, Misogyny, Car accident, Grief, Rape, Infertility, and Physical abuse

ripxw's review

dark emotional mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Child abuse

Minor: Self harm, Racism, Rape, and Alcoholism

voidcrawler's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Grief, Suicide, Racism, Hate crime, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Violence, Murder, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death of parent, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Fatphobia, Dementia, Alcohol, Cancer, Car accident, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, and Rape

josiek's review

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

4.5

The first part is hard to get thru especially in regards to the strange characterization of the main female character. I think this is the authors bias and unintentional. As the character grows she becomes less of a strange rendering of a “tough” woman. Stick it out, the book gets better as it goes up to the last line

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Suicide, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Self harm

Moderate: Child abuse and Death of parent

Minor: Racism

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