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Horrid by Katrina Leno

44 reviews

kris386's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Bullying, Child death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Pregnancy and Suicide

betweentheshelves's review against another edition

dark 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

All the spooky vibes just in time for Halloween! The structure of the book overall was clever, with different lines of a nursey rhyme for each chapter/section. While I wanted a bit more character development, it definitely worked well for this time of year. Leno is great at writing description, really pulling you into this spooky house. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, and Grief

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Suicide

fancassticfiction's review against another edition

It's dull and the writing doesn't get interesting even when the plot supposedly thickens. If you love aesthetic horror, yeah, it might work, but I really wanted a little more for it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder and Mental illness

frantic_vampire's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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

4.0

What the fuck did I just read 😵‍💫??!? I can honestly say that Horrid is one of the creepiest books I’ve ever read. And if you know me, you know that horror and scary books really aren’t my thing. I don’t think I would have picked this one for myself if I hadn’t gotten it in a subscription box last year. Horrid is definitely a perfect read for Halloween and spooky season….Just, maybe don’t read it right before going to bed. Unless you want nightmares.

Leno’s work is something that I’ve come to really enjoy and even though this one scared the pants off of me, it’s something that I just couldn’t put down. It’s compulsively readable, and Jane is such an interesting main character. She knew that something wasn’t right with that house. And boy was she right…but nobody would listen.

I honestly don’t know what to say about this book, other then that it’s really fucking scary and really good. Oh! And fact that it ends abruptly! I think that’s probably one of the scariest parts of this book, that it just cuts to black before we get to see the aftermath. Horrid such a great read and I’m giving it solid four stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gaslighting, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Grief, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

anna_23's review against another edition

challenging mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Child death, and Mental illness

halopink's review against another edition

dark emotional tense medium-paced

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

3.25

This cover is gorgeous. The writing and dialogue were 👌🏻👌🏻

Unfortunately the story itself was pretty forgettable. I was really digging this book but wasn’t a big fan of the ending.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Grief

Moderate: Death of parent, Mental illness, Bullying, and Death

Minor: Self harm and Pregnancy

mapscitiesandsongs'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death and Death

Moderate: Bullying, Death of parent, Grief, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Pregnancy, and Suicide

michleea's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective 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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Child death and Self harm

Minor: Animal cruelty and Animal death

michaela999's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense

• 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? Yes

4.0

I had devoured this book.

It tasted bitter and left an unsettling feeling.

It was delicious. It was bizzare. It was horrid. And i love it from the first bite.

There was a little girl
Who had a little curl
Right in the middle of her forehead
And when she was good
She was very, very good
But when she was bad
She was horrid

She couldn’t remember the first book she had eaten.
What it had tasted like, how it had felt—the scratch of it as it slid down her throat.
She couldn’t remember why she’d done it. She must have been a baby, a toddler, ripping pages out of a picture book about a talking stuffed animal.
Had the smell of books calmed her down then, as it did now?

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child death, Death of parent, Mental illness, Body horror, and Pregnancy

issiwerro's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

4.0

What an ending! Utterly evil and horrid and I loved it, 3.5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Mental illness, and Eating disorder

Minor: Suicide, Self harm, Death of parent, and Child death