Reviews tagging 'Child death'

A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay

57 reviews

dromedaryreader's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

I really loved this book. My favorite of the year so far. The dialogue is great and the story flows very well. Wasn't a fan of the blog post style writing in a few chapters or else it would be 5 stars. Overall so good and I love that the ending is so open to interpretation that most people disagree about who is really the one at fault. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Violence, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Excrement, Sexual content, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Vomit, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Gore, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Grief, Murder, and Physical abuse

janachigo's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Vomit, Alcoholism, Blood, and Cursing

patroklos's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, and Vomit

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Alcoholism

nodogsonthemoon's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad fast-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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Blood, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Religious bigotry, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Sexual content, and Suicide

queergoth_reads's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Death

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

Minor: Murder

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad 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? It's complicated

4.5

Forcing the reader to decide their own truth based on multiple forms of unreliable narration--by a child, through memory, from television and blog posts--A Head Full of Ghosts wears its influences proudly and finds a chilling tale in familiar material.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Death of parent, Child death, Excrement, Mental illness, Murder, Vomit, Violence, and Suicide attempt

sapphicwitch's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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? Yes

5.0

This was an amazing read! It really makes you think. I couldn't sleep the night after reading it because i was so enthralled by the plot's confusing twists and turned. Read it in two days. It is worth the slow burn.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Suicide attempt, Suicide, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Murder

the_endless_void'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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Religious bigotry, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent, Excrement, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Vomit, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Child death

dargent94's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness and Vomit

Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, and Gore

Minor: Child abuse

livimw's review against another edition

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcoholism, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Mental illness