Reviews tagging 'Violence'

Hell House by Richard Matheson

29 reviews

dylpickles's review against another edition

challenging dark 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

1.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Homophobia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Suicide, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Infertility, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Blood, Murder, and Alcohol

Minor: Ableism, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Drug use, Incest, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Cannibalism, Stalking, Abortion, Pregnancy, Cultural appropriation, and Injury/Injury detail

laurenkristine's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

I was entertained, but didn’t really enjoy the way Mathewson portrayed the female characters. It felt misogynistic.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

Moderate: Death, Homophobia, Gaslighting, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal death and Incest

micah_berg's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Violence

Moderate: Cursing, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual content

okokapi's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Violence, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

sargasso_c's review against another edition

slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

1.0

An offensive and underwhelming read. As someone who is not a fan of Stephen King, it is fitting that his positive review rests on this book's cover. Even considering its 1971 publication, this book's reduction of its characters to unsympathetic stereotypes and general lack of plot leave the reader wishing they'd picked up something else. One star because it was a quick read that did compel me to complete the novel, though the ending was even less of an event than expected. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Gore, Racism, Sexual violence, Suicide, Violence, and Lesbophobia

Moderate: Homophobia, Rape, and Suicide attempt

Minor: Incest and Vomit

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

Moderate: Animal death and Infidelity

Minor: Body shaming, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

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