Reviews tagging 'Violence'

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

296 reviews

librarydare's review against another edition

dark funny 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death of parent

weswislar's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Self harm

tayngerous's review

dark funny tense medium-paced

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

4.5

A bit silly, very scary, a good read

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Death of parent, Gore, Vomit, Death, Blood, and Body horror

ajay913's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Grief, Death of parent, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Mental illness and Gaslighting

Minor: Cursing, Alcohol, Car accident, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

amelia_horseman's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Murder, Grief, Blood, Death of parent, Death, and Child death

asfaltsblommor's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence

darkestmaterials's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.5

Hmm it's a bit of a weird one, because I really enjoyed it at the start, the build up of the tension and the way the relationships between the siblings were established.  I liked the way their relationship grew and changed throughout the book. The spooks were fun and goofy  - but I still there was a layer of genuine unease and discomfort and of course, the horror of grief. A showdown with the baddie happened and I felt satisfied with that... and then the story kind of kept going. While I still overall enjoyed it and I did get back into it towards the end, there was a little bit of a lull for my interest in the second act. I do agree with comments that say it could have been edited or streamlined a bit, as I felt for a while we were going in circles a little with the main threat. It got a little repetitive.

I did figure out the twist with regards to the main threat, so that was validating. You do have to suspend your disbelief a fair bit as the situation gets more and more ridiculous. Wouldn't really recommend for someone looking for serious scares or a truly terrifying monster, as it's quite 80s B movie vibes - but was a fun read overall. I just didn't walk away liking it as much as I did at the start sadly.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence

Minor: Child death

kailynpaig's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Alcohol, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Violence, Abandonment, Blood, and Death

russejenn's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Can’t believe that stupid puppet almost made me cry

This book surprised me because it wasn’t what I expected. Firstly, it’s a lot more violent than I expected, and certain plot points play out like a cliche horror movie. However, ultimately, I liked it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Death of parent, Child death, and Self harm

lotoblanco's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Violence, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Grief, Gaslighting, Medical content, Car accident, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Death, and Death of parent