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Dom sióstr marnotrawnych by Krystal Sutherland

36 reviews

thekiwibibliophile's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Child death, and Body horror

Moderate: Suicide, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, and Death of parent

lynnrahm's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.25

3.5 stars

not what i thought it’d be. but then again what did i expect? stephen-king-kinda thriller? well...yes.

reading the synopsis that is what i thought it would be like. but nope. its like those dark stories parents read their kids to sleep.

hush! my darling. if you don’t close your eyes gray hollow would come and skin you alive. then wear your skin and enter your world and live with us. as our child. you’d be dead. so sleep.

oops! i think i spoiled the whole book!

but the writing was very beautiful with a lot of twist and turns and creepy little flowers growing out of the main character’s gut (literally)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Alcohol, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Murder, Sexual violence, and Vomit

paracosim'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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Gore, Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide, Sexual violence, and Gun violence

bwwilhelm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

Check the content warnings, and take them very seriously!

That said, this book is nothing like I expected it to be. It's a glorious, dark fairy tale.

Without giving too much detail...

All the very best villians are somewhat sympathetic.

Also, the idea that souls can get stuck after death, not just because they have unfinished business,  BUT ALSO BECAUSE SOMEONE LIVING IS UNABLE TO LET THEM GO ... just, wow. My heart hurts in the best way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body horror, Bullying, Blood, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

joynoor96's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Warning: spoiler alert!!!

Adventour. Horror at certain point yet fun to read. A plot twist at the end. A big one! A lovable character that I'd slowly adored end up dead. 😢 but overall the plot is good and I had fun reading it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Violence, Suicide, Sexual violence, Murder, and Kidnapping

offbrandclubsoda'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? No

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Gore, Stalking, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Suicide, Death of parent, Child death, Sexual violence, and Mental illness

Minor: Alcohol and Drug use

aliclare's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Rape, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Stalking, and Sexual violence

willowmae's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• 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: Alcohol, Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Self harm, Sexual violence, and Suicide

cyan_altaria's review against another edition

dark mysterious

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

4.75

House of Hollow is absolutely enchanting and it feels like reading a modern day, dark fairytale.  One annoyance is how Grey's bf (can't remember his name), is so annoying, and yet the book expects us to be really sad at

his death.  Granted, being flayed is a horribly unpleasant way to go, and he was nicer to Iris at the end, but still

.  Other than that, this book is a great read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child death, Death, and Violence

Moderate: Bullying, Gun violence, Medical content, Self harm, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual violence

kelseydaffodil's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Blood, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcoholism, Child death, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Stalking, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Bullying, Vomit, Violence, Toxic relationship, Torture, and Mental illness