Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand

2 reviews

ash_bees's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

This book was more frustrating than scary.  And I say this as a person who doesn't like scary stories.

The climatic scene was essentially a scene from "A Bug's Life":

"Don't go into the light."
"But it's so pretty."
*zap*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Grief, Gore, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Death, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Child death, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Addiction, Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, and Sexual assault