Reviews tagging 'Blood'

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

264 reviews

automatic_rae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

I never knew where the plot was going next. Confusing, intriguing, different to anything else I’ve read. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Suicide, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, and Violence

Moderate: Abandonment, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Murder, Mental illness, Self harm, Stalking, Vomit, Bullying, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Minor: Blood, Drug use, Gore, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Alcohol

danteeeh'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Vomit, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, and Stalking

Moderate: Animal death, Drug use, Body horror, Bullying, Toxic relationship, Car accident, Confinement, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic friendship

alexasolis98's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This book was eerie and dark. The imagery of rotting and dead things was quite descriptive. The plot dragged a bit at times. Something still felt missing by the end of the book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death of parent, Gore, Drug abuse, Murder, Sexual assault, Grief, Vomit, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Stalking, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Toxic relationship, and Suicide

Moderate: Addiction

Minor: Animal death

lizziaha's review against another edition

4.0

The focus on the decay in nature really worked for me in this book. It really upped the creep factor. I also loved the horror element. There was just this crawling feeling of creeping terror that grew inside me throughout the whole book. That being said, it was nice to have some humor every once in a while and Tyler’s character really brought that. What I didn’t need though, was the high school bullying. Obviously it’s a ya book, so high school drama is to be expected, but it just didn’t hit for me. also it has to be said that some of these characters have REMARKABLE pain tolerance. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Murder, Sexual assault, Vomit, Kidnapping, Blood, Sexual harassment, Suicide, and Toxic friendship

Moderate: Bullying and Gun violence

bo0ks_are_cool91's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

WHAT THE ACTUAL DUCK.

my life has been irreversibly altered holy shit
My only complaint is that this book was way too short, GIMME MOREEE
will be thinking about this for the rest of time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Blood, Gore, and Death

Moderate: Death of parent, Sexual assault, and Child death

lifeofchrstnlvly's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I like weird books and I cannot lie. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Fire/Fire injury, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Alcohol, Torture, Grief, Sexual assault, Death of parent, Suicide, and Kidnapping

Minor: Bullying, Drug use, Self harm, Stalking, Animal death, and Child death

almaprincess66's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Na ezeket a fordulatokat nem láttam előre, az biztos.

Másoknak talán egyértelmű lett volna, de ez talán azért lehet mert még kifejezetten új vagyok a horror műfajhoz.

Nagyon élveztem, a narratíva nagyon elképzelhető volt a karakterek pedik csodásak.

Imádtam Vivit és Iris is meglepően jó és talpraesett főszereplő volt. Grey egy teljesen más kategória, de mint karakter őt is nagyon bírtam. Megérthető volt mindannyiuk motivációja.

Az csak bónuszt adott a tetszéshez hogy Vivi leszbikus és a rock bandája Budapesten is fellépett (akkor is ha ezt nem láttuk szó szerint, csak megemlítve volt)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Body horror, Death, Blood, Gun violence, Death of parent, Child death, and Suicide

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

moonylovesstars's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Rape, Sexual assault, Death, Death of parent, Bullying, Blood, Grief, Violence, Murder, Sexual harassment, and Suicide

angievansprang's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• 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

5.0

This book was so fantastic. I was in quite a reading rut before picking this up, and I feel thoroughly cured and refreshed now. I could hardly put this down, the plot was so compelling. Though this is not marketed as a mystery or a thriller, I found those aspects of the story to be very strong. The descriptive writing has described scents almost hitting you at the back of the throat as a reader, and the twists in the plot were awesome. I would definitely recommend this book if you like horror! Such an inventive and creative genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Blood, and Body horror

Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Death of parent, and Suicide

Minor: Child death, Animal death, and Kidnapping

cturn's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Characters - 8
Atmosphere - 7
Writing - 7
Plot - 7
Intrigue - 5
Logic - 6
Enjoyment - 7
CAWPILE score - 6.7

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death of parent, Child death, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Suicide, Alcohol, Addiction, Drug use, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, and Sexual assault