Reviews tagging 'Violence'

La casa infernal by Richard Matheson

25 reviews

bgmylc's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual harassment, Murder, Violence, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Rape, Physical abuse, Incest, and Death

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Child death

thetruthatallhazards's review against another edition

dark tense 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? Yes

2.0

Fantastic premise but it’s executed  poorly. It is genuinely scary but it explains too much and every scene with a female character in it made me feel like some guy was leering down my shirt while describing his ideal woman’s body to me.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Body horror, and Violence

whitelaceandstrange's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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? It's complicated

3.5

This was the scariest haunted house book I've read, but I honestly didn't find it to be as great as I've heard it is. A lot of the stuff that's meant to be disturbing about it comes from sexual content, which I don't think is necessary. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Suicide

Moderate: Violence

house_of_hannah's review against another edition

dark sad medium-paced

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

2.0

This essentially boils down to being about a horny and deranged ghost. Due to this expect a lot of nudity, and sexual assault. I generally adore haunted house stories, but this just leaned too much into the sexual side of horror for my tastes. 

The pacing feels ok for a majority of the graphic novel, but then the last 30 pages just zip through the climax. I didn't even exactly understand what happened at the end to solve the problem. 

I do still want to give the novel a try, as I'd love to compare the two, but the graphic novel does not live up to what I've heard about the novel. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Rape, Murder, Mental illness, and Death

Moderate: Animal death and Infidelity

Minor: Body shaming, Pregnancy, and Drug abuse

cubistvowels's review against another edition

adventurous 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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexism, Rape, Murder, Misogyny, Homophobia, Gore, Death, Confinement, Body horror, and Blood