Reviews tagging 'Domestic abuse'

A Haunting on the Hill by Elizabeth Hand

4 reviews

ash_bees's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This book was more frustrating than scary.  And I say this as a person who doesn't like scary stories.

The climatic scene was essentially a scene from "A Bug's Life":

"Don't go into the light."
"But it's so pretty."
*zap*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Pregnancy, Addiction, Alcohol, Mental illness, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Cursing, Death, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Drug use, Grief, Gore, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Adult/minor relationship, Infidelity, Car accident, Child death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Violence, and Vomit

hexedmaiden's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

2.5

Did The Haunting of Hill House need a continuation? No, but I personally read it as a book that happens to take place inside the infamous house so it didn't bother me all that much. 

I don't feel like this was a bad book by any means, I just think I expected something I little different than what I got as someone who reads the haunted house sub-genre a fair amount.

I was, however, mad that the queer rep we get involves one of the bisexual character cheating on their partner with the other bi character in the story. I'm tired of bi characters being seen as the cheaters and shit.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, and Alcohol

Moderate: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, and Drug abuse

Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Car accident

amandas_bookshelf'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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Gore, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Blood, Alcoholism, Classism, Grief, Drug abuse, and Infidelity

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Child death

hannahpings's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcohol, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Death, Blood, Cursing, Grief, Toxic relationship, and Confinement

Moderate: Pregnancy, Murder, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Minor: Child death, Alcoholism, Panic attacks/disorders, Drug abuse, Rape, Pedophilia, Addiction, Car accident, Pandemic/Epidemic, Drug use, and Sexual assault