Reviews tagging 'Excrement'

Catherine House by Elisabeth Thomas

2 reviews

aseel_reads's review

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

2.0

I don't really understand this book... it reminds of this dark academia/fantasy/translated East European book I read, the plasma (if that's the right spelling) was just werid as. the pacing was a bit off and I felt like the short snippets of everything made it really hard to understand the characters. I was interested in the mental state of the characters likes ines or baby but mm, done pretty poorly. the ending was just like 'ah okay then'. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Alcohol, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Grief, Medical content, Mental illness, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual content and Vomit

caseythereader's review

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

 - CATHERINE HOUSE is modern gothic, dark academia deliciousness with a bit of a sci-fi twist.
- Ines is a bit of a disaster bi and I think many readers may not like her. Additionally, the plot takes its time getting going, but the imagery and atmosphere along the way was worth it for me.
- Also, so many people told me nothing happens in this book, which...did we read the same book? So much happens! There's just a lot of drunken partying inbetween plot points, which, as someone who attended a small, cultish college, feels accurate. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Child death, Death, Excrement, Grief, and Vomit

Minor: Car accident, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts