Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Dom sióstr marnotrawnych by Krystal Sutherland

202 reviews

madelinedalton's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• 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

3.75

I don’t have any concrete criticisms of this book. It just didn’t have that wow factor for me, and it was pretty forgettable. 

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Content Warnings

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

n0bleflow3r's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• 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: Gore and Vomit

Moderate: Suicide and Violence

sea_sea'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? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Wow, this was an absolutely fascinating and spooky book. It’s full of twist and turns, that you can’t even beginn to predict. It is so hard to put down, the story completely encases you, pulling you further into it‘s dark and rotting depths. 

Alsoo there is sapphic rep!!!! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Rape, Sexual assault, Stalking, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

Moderate: Drug use, Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Addiction, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcohol, Gun violence, and Pedophilia

etherealisnt's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

I'm pretty speechless, it's just that this story is exceptionally messed up. The Hollow sisters turn from something you know to something you don't. The story is uncanny from the beginning and it gets crazier with every chapter.

I remember everything. You just wouldn't believe me if I told you.

Grey was right, nobody would believe such an insane story, but people dig the mysterious and occult. At some point even I thought that I'd be happier if I didn't know what exactly was going on, but I also know that I'm way too curious. By the end I had a difficult time accepting all the facts, like come on, that's just plain tragic what happened.

Your life would be happier if you didn’t know.
Knowledge is power.
And ignorance is bliss.

I was pretty hopeful at the beginning and I wasn't let down per se, but some parts felt overly repeated and explained while other (both unnecessary and necessary) questions were left unanswered. 
Sometimes the dialogue seemed like a part of the conversation was just cut out or the flow wasn't entirely natural, but it didn't bother me that much, I just noticed it a couple of times.

There are things in every family that are not talked about. Stories you know without really knowing how you know them, tales of terrible things that cast long shadows over generations.

Oh for sure, this shadow has been cast over these people for so long and there's a sense of knowing what is going on, but still doubting your gut feeling. I feel bad for everyone involved, all of you get therapy!
Seriously, this is one of the more shocking stories I've read. It crawls inside you and makes your skin itch. I did not want to believe until the last second - hope does cruel things to us!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Sexual assault, and Violence

Moderate: Blood, Vomit, Suicide, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Grief

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, Kidnapping, Medical content, Bullying, and Murder

Um, human skin walking?

marieeveparentroy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Vomit, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Murder, Suicide, and Violence

acecatlady's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad 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
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This was amazing. A bit of horror mystery with a bit of fairy tale thrown in with captivating writing. I read it in one sitting and it is not a novella or anything. Absolutely adored it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Death

Moderate: Suicide

braveprincess11'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

2.0

Premise was solid enough, but it had far more potential as an adult novel. Publishing as YA limited how much Sutherland was able to explore her ideas, and as a result… it wasn’t very good. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death of parent, Violence, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Body horror, Vomit, and Stalking

Moderate: Sexual assault and Kidnapping

Minor: Suicide

blackthornfaery's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Stalking, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Vomit, Gore, Body horror, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Eating disorder, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, and Sexual assault

ajraven's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Violence and Gore

Minor: Kidnapping, Rape, Stalking, and Alcohol

kassea_xoxo's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious medium-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? N/A

5.0

I LOVED the way this story was carried out. It unfolded with lots of little clues. It all built up to a very spectacular story with wonderful twists and turns! A great book, that I binged on this weekend.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Alcohol, Bullying, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, Stalking, Suicide, Violence, Vomit, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, and Grief