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Dom sióstr marnotrawnych by Krystal Sutherland

34 reviews

ecn's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Stalking, Gore, Drug use, Death of parent, Death, Bullying, Body horror, Abandonment, Vomit, Suicide, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Grief, Alcoholism, Toxic relationship, Drug abuse, Child death, and Alcohol

Minor: Sexual assault and Murder

lindseygetsliterary's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Gun violence, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Death of parent, Suicide, Kidnapping, Sexism, Rape, and Child death

Minor: Alcoholism, Bullying, Alcohol, Forced institutionalization, Drug abuse, and Stalking

ghostlyprince's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Trafficking, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Gun violence, Addiction, Misogyny, Murder, and Alcoholism

Minor: Infertility and Infidelity

baileyraebooks's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.75

I have read and disliked Our Chemical Hearts, so when I realised this book was by the same author I was hesitant but this book absolutely blew my mind! I was not expecting something so dark, creepy and gruesome, but I was pleasantly surprised. I would've given this 5 stars but I found the school stuff at the start to drag on quite a bit, which made it hard for me to get into this book from the get go. 

Most of the twists were guessable but in this case I took that to be a sign of good writing rather than bad storytelling. The seeds were planted early on if you were looking for them and know a bit about folklore, which I was and I did.

I read that Krystal Sutherland is working on another folky horror novel, and I am so excited for that!

I really need to know that Tyler is okay though.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Emotional abuse

Minor: Drug abuse

bookishgoob's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad 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? Yes

3.75

This book was incredibly intriguing and i liked a lot of it, however for me some of the descriptions made my skin crawl and made me incredibly nauseated. I enjoyed reading it but i don’t think i could handle reading it again. I think it’s great that the author was able to make me feel physically ill with her descriptions but for me it was too much. i did hope for a different ending but the twist was still good. this is not just a fantasy book like people on book tok say. this is a HORROR book. so beware of that going in. all in all it was a good book. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Medical content, Mental illness, Murder, Self harm, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

pilarr's review against another edition

adventurous 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

3.5

Muchos sentimientos encontrados con este. Hasta la mitad iban a ser 2.5⭐, pero después pasaron muchas cosas y ahora no sé.
Me costó mucho ver a los personajes como personas reales. Todos, pero particularmente las tres hermanas, parecían una suerte de caricatura basada en distintas versiones de t/n. Los diálogos eran muy, muy poco genuinos y bastante forzados. Sobretodo esas líneas que se suponían eran graciosas y para aligerar el ambiente, pero quedaban como diálogos rídiculos de una película mal financiada y con actores mediocres.
Dicho esto, es el primer libro de horror que me hizo dar asco y miedo. No me puedo acordar la última vez que un libro me asustó, y aunque lo sobrenatural no es lo mío, le doy crédito por eso.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Physical abuse, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol and Alcoholism

Minor: Addiction, Sexual harassment, and Vomit

bellasbookmark'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? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Minor: Drug abuse

crazycatgrrl's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Child death, Gore, Suicide, Blood, Violence, Vomit, Grief, and Body horror

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Alcoholism, Self harm, and Trafficking

mad_die_ee's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

this is the best book ive read this month 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Suicide

Minor: Drug abuse and Alcoholism

islabuchanan's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad fast-paced

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

3.75

This book was unlike anything I've ever read before and was really quite creepy! I enjoye DIY and thought it was very creative and different!
The cover was BEAUTFUL and I would recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Kidnapping, Medical trauma, Murder, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Trafficking, Violence, and Vomit