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Nosferatu by Joe Hill

32 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

auggie747's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

3.0

There are a lot of interesting and engaging aspects to this book, and overall I enjoyed the read despite the more nonsensical plot points. I listened to the audiobook, which I think heightened the experience. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fatphobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

seershlen's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Gore, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Violence, Death of parent, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Domestic abuse and Drug use

Minor: Addiction, Pedophilia, and Abandonment

rinitealeaf's review against another edition

I really wanted to like this book, I really did.
It started well, idea was good and I enjoyed Joe Hill's other two books I've read.
But alas, I was disappointed.

Some of the characters felt really icky, I mean yes it's a horror book but..
And around when Vic met Lou I started to have doubts that I would not finish this.
Joe Hill was so focused on telling us how fat Lou was and how his dad was fat and it was just Jesus Fuck. I counted that on one page the word "fat" was mentioned like 5 times..
(I don't understand how it's added only as "minor" CW by the users here 😒🤔

Good idea, some good characters but poor writing couldn't save.
I got to 51%, final nail in the coffin was when Manx

killed the poor doggie 🤬😭

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Body horror, Body shaming, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Rape

Minor: Racial slurs and Sexual assault

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

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

isabel_roy's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture, Kidnapping, and Murder

Moderate: Rape

Minor: Domestic abuse

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

louiepotterbook's review against another edition

I was too stressed and looked up what happened which made me angry 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Kidnapping, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Death of parent, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail