etosaurus's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
4.0
Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Medical content, Mental illness, and Body horror
Moderate: Suicide, Murder, Confinement, and Eating disorder
sarah984's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This novella is a retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher and follows the same broad strokes of that story's plot. This is a horror story and does have some creepy parts, but there's an overall cheerful tone to most of it that makes it a quick easy read.
Graphic: Body horror and Animal death
Moderate: Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Mental illness, Gore, Alcohol, Death, Injury/injury detail, Terminal illness, and Medical content
Minor: Transphobia, Drug use, Misogyny, War, Vomit, Violence, and Suicide
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