Reviews tagging 'Grief'

A Queda da Casa Morta by T. Kingfisher

94 reviews

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Grief, and Murder

Moderate: Body horror

Minor: Suicide

biobeetle's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Eating disorder, Xenophobia, and War

wickedgrumpy's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

3.5

The pseudo fantastical nature was foreboding and creepy in a good way, but I'm not a big horror person so I mostly just wanted to get away from the sentient fungi.  I did read the short story it is based on which was predominantly vibes, and I liked this reinterpretation of it more than the original because the characters had much more depth.

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Confinement, Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Mental illness, Sexism, Slavery, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Grief, Medical trauma, Stalking, Murder, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Fire/Fire injury, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

softanimal's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, and Alcohol

Moderate: Gun violence, Xenophobia, Grief, and War

Minor: Sexism, Transphobia, Vomit, and Pandemic/Epidemic

mr_cain's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Fascinating concepts.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Self harm, Terminal illness, Blood, Grief, Murder, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Blood

Minor: Confinement, Gun violence, Misogyny, Death of parent, and War

rxanne5's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense slow-paced

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

3.0

My sibling suggested this book to me as it is pretty short. 

It was definitely short. I am still working on my language level English, so there were some parts that were hard for me to get through. I would almost say the first half of the book is a bit boring. But the end is in my opinion definitely a great ending. The second half was great and I could really feel the curiosity and adrenaline run through my body. I remember being weirded out at the end (not sure if it was in a bad way or not). 

If you're thinking of reading this, I would definitely give it a shot. It's fun to have read..

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

annaonthepage's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

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

5.0

I love the characters, particularly the narrator, of this brilliant novella that expands on The Fall of the House of Usher. It's sublime, grotesque, full of heart, progressive, thrilling and chilling. Brilliantly told. Brilliantly read on the audiobook. A firm favourite.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror and Gore

Moderate: Grief

Minor: War

leeghlee'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? No

4.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Suicide, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Gun violence, Grief, Fire/Fire injury, and War

Minor: Confinement and Misogyny

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

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

4.5

Loved the narrator of this one, added such fun and levity to the dark, gothic goings on at the House of Usher. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Medical content, Grief, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

doriandelioncourt's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Chronic illness, Cursing, Death, Suicide, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury