Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The September House by Carissa Orlando

49 reviews

larissarose's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Violence, Cursing, and Murder

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Suicide and Mental illness

cde10's review against another edition

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Blood

Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Minor: Vomit, Dementia, and Suicide

livlamentloathe's review

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

I really enjoyed this! It reminded me a bit of A House with Good Bones. Similar levels of denial present in both protagonists, but beyond that, it was definitely a different sort of haunting…

Margaret is the best sort of Final Girl. Moral of the story? Don’t involve the cops.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood

Moderate: Gaslighting, Alcoholism, Murder, Death, Physical abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Forced institutionalization and Suicide

keenanmaree's review

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? No

5.0

What a roller coaster! Funny, sad, and genuinely scary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Torture, Body horror, Death, Blood, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Violence, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Dementia, Alcohol, and Cannibalism

Minor: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Suicide, Fire/Fire injury, and Animal death

lbsalas's review against another edition

dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Violence, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Suicide

killmoore_'s review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Let me start by saying that I was SO excited to get my hands on this book. So many rave reviews, so much hype, I was READY for the spooky haunted house story of the year...

... and for me, this one fell a bit flat. 

Despite being full of gore, this read like a PG13 horror movie - perhaps its the narration style, but it was severly lacking in the fear and anxiety I always seek out in a good haunted house novel. That is what caused this to be a 4 star read for me.

I still very much enjoyed it. The story is fun, the characters are perfectly atrocious, and I truly loved both of the plot twists. It was well written, and the ending was a trip. I would LOVE to see a movie made out of this honestly, it would translate beautifully, and will definitely pick up more books by this author.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Alcohol, Child death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Cursing, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, and Torture

shelleys_shelf's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Murder, Child death, and Mental illness

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Alcoholism

Minor: Self harm and Suicide

kellyykatt's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child abuse, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Physical abuse, Suicide, Torture, Violence, and Vomit

willa_reads_books'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

i really enjoyed this book. it’s not super scary or freaky and there is a very good twist at the end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Dementia, Murder, and Self harm

Minor: Suicide

poppyseedromance's review

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious sad fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Physical abuse, Animal death, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Moderate: Child abuse and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Minor: Suicide and Sexism