Reviews tagging 'Death'

La casa infernal by Richard Matheson

33 reviews

mechtimber's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Infidelity, Suicide attempt, Emotional abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Sexual content, Cursing, Injury/Injury detail, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Rape, and Sexual assault

Minor: Cultural appropriation and Lesbophobia

jamo_etc's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

2.75

Some good horror concepts, could have done without all the sexual violence.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Drug abuse, and Sexual violence

a_beautiful_soup's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Sexual violence, Injury/Injury detail, and Death

jzupp's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful tense fast-paced

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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Animal death, Suicide, Sexual content, and Mental illness

Minor: Cannibalism, Confinement, Gore, Alcoholism, and Death

mollymisek's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.5

Although there were some genuinely frightening parts of this book and a few fun plot twists, Hell House was a strange blend of horny scenes and cheesy dialogue. Some of it can be chalked up to the 70s commercial horror writing style, but this really wasn’t for me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Sexual violence, Body horror, Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Gore, Physical abuse, Rape, and Violence

Moderate: Animal death and Misogyny

Minor: Alcohol and Cannibalism

theoclem7's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

I loved every minute of this book and literally could not put it down. It’s a classic haunted house story that has so many fun twists and turns and intense character dynamics. The only critique was that the end was slightly anticlimactic and not exactly what I was expecting. However that did not for one second ruin the joy I felt reading this book, because really it’s all about the journey along the way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Sexual content

ohdamnjan's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Suicide, Sexual harassment, and Gore

Moderate: Death, Murder, Lesbophobia, Body horror, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Torture

Minor: Cannibalism

aparker89'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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Self harm, Alcohol, Animal death, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Confinement, Physical abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide attempt, Torture, Suicide, Classism, Death, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Murder, and Rape

elysianbud's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

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

2.5

More gross than it is scary, but with enough creepy moments to keep reading. The ending felt rushed. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Blood, Confinement, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Rape, Death, Gore, Grief, Suicide attempt, Misogyny, Sexual harassment, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Terminal illness, Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Incest, Grief, Pedophilia, and Animal death

brookey8888's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-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

3.25

I did enjoy this more than I thought I was going to. I got this as a blind date with a book, so I didn’t know what is was(I wasn’t happy with it to be honest). It’s like the hunting of hill house, but I enjoyed this more because there was a lot of action. I was never scared, but I was disgusted. I don’t know why most horror has to have such gross sexual content in it. Honestly I would probably skip this, but it wasn’t horrible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal cruelty, Drug use, Grief, Body horror, Cannibalism, Gore, Animal death, Self harm, Sexual violence, Death, Rape, Injury/Injury detail, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Infidelity, Blood, Cursing, Drug abuse, Incest, Sexual assault, Lesbophobia, Murder, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence