Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

5 reviews

aromarrie's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

5.0

“When I smile, you don’t have to be scared of me, okay?” 

if there was a top three category of books i cherish with my whole life, this one is definitely it. 

i loved nick & sam’s pov’s so much the first time and fell back in love with it again in this reread. and that bittersweet feeling pervaded throughout the whole story as always!! especially in all of sam’s terror disguised with wise cracks + nick’s awe of the mountains that veered into possessive territory. 

absolutely wicked atmosphere, with so much striking detail, it made the horror hit harder (that and the love story that tangled in between). the vivid details would be a hit or miss for some, all of its long monologues and such, but i adored it. 

i’ve always loved horror legends and sam’s childhood fascination with it made the events that unfolded feel even more surreal. 

this story has stuck with me since 2021, and the numb feeling i felt at the ending was as strong as ever in 2024 and i feel relieved. because it confirmed how much nick & sam’s story has still stuck with me, that i could relive that first moment of grief with them :’) 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Suicide, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, and Violence

Minor: Sexual content

torismazarine's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Hate crime, Homophobia, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Murder, Pandemic/Epidemic, Panic attacks/disorders, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit

theremightbecupcakes's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad 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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Chronic illness, Fire/Fire injury, Medical content, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Mental illness, Body horror, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Death, and Murder

falchionm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Blood

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Murder, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Stalking, Gore, Homophobia, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Death, Dysphoria, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Medical content, and Medical trauma

Minor: Child abuse

aromarrie's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

5.0

this book carved out a piece of me that i don’t think i’ll ever want to take back….i’ll remmeber this story forever 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, and Medical trauma