Reviews tagging 'Animal death'

She Is a Haunting by Trang Thanh Tran

15 reviews

aformeracceleratedreader's review against another edition

dark emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.5

Not my fave haunted house book but not bad. Things I liked - the setting, the exploration of complicated family, discussion of colonialism and the erasure (and trying to memorialize) of those who were colonized, the cover art . Things I didn't care for- jade as a character, all the freaking bugs (like I liked them as a horror element but I don't like bugs haha).
I would be willing to read more from this author even though I didn't love this book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Classism, Colonisation, Death of parent, and Racism

Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, and Xenophobia

tahsintries's review against another edition

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Fire/Fire injury

Moderate: Racism, Animal death, Body horror, Murder, and Colonisation

Minor: Alcoholism

sarah984's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

3.5

This is a pretty solid YA haunted house story. There are some really effective scares in here and I loved the Vietnamese setting, but sometimes feelings and character motivations got a bit lost in the flowery writing and the romance didn't really work for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Suicide

Moderate: Classism, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Abandonment, Body horror, Grief, Car accident, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Cursing, Gaslighting, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Slavery, War, Blood, Confinement, and Animal death

Bugs

booksthatburn's review against another edition

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Colonisation, Body horror, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Vomit, Sexism, Animal death, and Emotional abuse

kayelina's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• 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: Animal death, Fire/Fire injury, Animal cruelty, Body horror, and Death of parent

Moderate: Gore and Death

Minor: Racism, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Violence, and Murder

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