Reviews tagging 'Death'

Nosferatu by Joe Hill

39 reviews

punkrockbenji's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, and Abandonment

nicoletiff's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

jeralisa's review against another edition

dark emotional funny tense medium-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug abuse, Gore, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Torture, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Abandonment

matthewosborne's review against another edition

dark funny tense medium-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

4.0

A solid read. Well written action scenes and main characters. I do think the secondary characters were not as well drawn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, and Death

jaedia's review against another edition

Just taking too long to really get started, the characters are not doing it for me, they're too real in a very "grimy" kinda way... Only characters I liked were Maggie and Lou, and poor Lou is fat, and we are told just how fat he is every damn time he's mentioned. To the point where the way he's described at times feels fatphobic, you know? And it's SO much. Jesus. Charlie Manx, also, very interesting villain. But again, it took way too long to get to the point. We get dribs and drabs here and there (I stopped at 43%, it may have picked up after this point but I'm so mentally checked out) and the narrative is so ... jagged. Lots of POV hopping, and changes in time period and such. It's messy. I just don't think this one is for me. Sadly. I was so excited, too.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexism, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Drug use, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, and Murder

lilyvonshtupp's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

4.25

You can tell he is Stephen King's son with this book. He even mentions Pennywise's Circus. Wonderfully flawed characters who grow and one who doesn't. Vic and Charlie make great adversaries. I loved when Vic realized that Charlie genuinely thinks he is doing good and that he really loves the children. I love that Vic is not an angel of a hero, but in some ways an anti-hero. She makes a lot of mistakes, but overcomes them in the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal death, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, and Fire/Fire injury

elaeagnifolium's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Rape, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Child abuse

spookybenji's review against another edition

challenging 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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Gore, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Racial slurs, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gun violence, Misogyny, Torture, Dementia, Grief, Stalking, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

Minor: Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

sberry225's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

This book was like a fever dream. Joe Hill has an amazing ability to transport you to the past and present with the intricate descriptions and details. I feel while this book got off to a slower start, it really takes the time to build the characters and then the climax hits and you're fully invested. The villains were HORRIFYING as well. Check trigger warnings!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Kidnapping, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Death, and Blood

Minor: Sexual assault and Death of parent

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.75

This was good, but a little too long that I felt some parts dragged. I thought the concept was interesting, but I do personally wish that it was as supernatural as it was. This didn’t really creep me out and there was only like two or three kind of gross moments ( mostly relating to Bing). A lot of the characters were actually really funny. I also didn’t really love the ending to be honest. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Child death, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Gore, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail