Reviews tagging 'Child death'

The House Next Door by Anne Rivers Siddons

9 reviews

xenomorph's review

dark sad tense medium-paced

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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Animal death, Child death, Murder, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Miscarriage, and Death of parent

Moderate: Antisemitism, Racism, Homophobia, and Classism

Minor: War

nrogers_1030's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Death of parent, Child death, and Classism

woweewhoa's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Ableism, Miscarriage, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Pregnancy, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Gun violence, Animal death, Alcohol, Racism, Child abuse, Child death, and Excrement

Minor: Abortion, Fatphobia, War, and Incest

morag's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad 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

4.0

A classic horror novel, this book has a great sense of tone, character, and tension. The dread is palpable. However, someone in my book club said he thought the point of the book was that all these rich white socialites who drink 24/7 just lost their minds at the first sight of turmoil, and that has forever altered my perception of the book in a very funny way. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Child abuse, Child death, and Animal death

blackthorne754's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Miscarriage, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Antisemitism, Racism, Ableism, and Homophobia

saltedsnail's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Suicide, Death, Gun violence, Violence, Animal cruelty, Murder, Animal death, Child abuse, Miscarriage, Mental illness, and Grief

Moderate: Antisemitism, Racism, Classism, Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Gore

Minor: Infidelity, War, and Abortion

archaena's review against another edition

dark 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? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Animal death, Antisemitism, Blood, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical content, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Violence

Classism

megpadams's review against another edition

slow-paced

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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Misogyny, Infidelity, Death, and Child death

annieandherbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Miscarriage, Murder, Child death, and Child abuse