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Nosferatu by Joe Hill

31 reviews

gafeni817's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-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

3.5

NOS4A2 was good but at some points was too drawn out. I enjoyed the story itself, however, I don’t believe I will be reading any other books by this author.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Drug use, Rape, Violence, and Murder

hemingwaysdick's review against another edition

2.5/5 DNF @ 72% - I wanted to like Joe Hill, this is the 1st book Ive ever read by him. This book had a fun initial concept, I love supernatural stuff with some random thing thrown in. The first half of the book was relatively interesting, then it just devolved. The side characters introduced after the 1st half were so uninteresting that I couldn't bring myself to give a s*** about them. And then worst: it just got boring. I rarely dont finsh a book, and I just couldn't pick it up again. Im only 200 pages away from the end and its going to back to the used book store 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death and Rape

Moderate: Drug use

kingsamong's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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? No

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Drug use, Rape, and Murder

savanapavlak's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Body horror, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Abandonment

bruinrocks's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious sad 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

4.0

This novel felt like a mix between The Shining and Doctor Sleep, it follows Vic McQueen as she struggles with the trauma of being attacked by Charlie Manx when she was a kid. I found this novel to be much more enjoyable after I read the prequel comic book Wraith. There is a near constant dread throughout the whole novel, never knowing when Manx will appear to wreck havoc on Vic and her families lives. There is some really strong character development and world building. Christmasland, a place that sounds like it should be magical and wonderful, is actually a horrifying location that keeps the fear at a maximum. With a middle section that drags a little the ending definitely amps it up to a 10 for the last stretch becoming very action packed, and explosive. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Child death, and Mental illness

Minor: Drug use and Sexual violence

melodyseestrees's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

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

1.75

Caution: There are animal deaths that get way more detail and time than the final deaths in the book.

You don't even see Vic die on page you just know she's gravely injured and then her son recollects that she died. Manx simply gets an engine to his chest. Hooper the dog gets hammered to near death and then ran over.

This book isn't so much horror as gore porn. It was a drag to push through from about 61% of the book on. One of the only fat characters gets a "happy ending" only once he becomes thin and goes to finish something saying he was told to when this wasn't ever shown to the reader.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Body shaming, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Kidnapping, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Fatphobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Self harm, Antisemitism, and Fire/Fire injury

alohiel's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, and Death of parent

Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Minor: Drug use

mattotheratto's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-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? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Death of parent

Minor: Infidelity

tieflingkisser's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, Kidnapping, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Addiction, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Gore, and Pedophilia

podanotherjessi's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Wow. I wish I had read this in December because walking into a store and hearing Christmas carols while I was in the middle of this would have been horrific. This definitely has some flaws; the story gets a little muddled at points. The choice to play with timelines was maybe a mistake. Definitely has the penchant of a lot of horror of leaning on sexual assault and child abuse for scaring the reader, but not too often. Vic is a great character, flaws and all. Wayne is good too. Lou left a little to be desired though. Manx, however, is a fantastic villain, all the more because he truly thinks that he's doing the right thing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Sexual assault, Blood, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Drug abuse, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Mental illness, and Rape