Reviews tagging 'Mental illness'

The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

4 reviews

tays_books's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

3.25

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Cursing, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, and Child death

Minor: Vomit, Blood, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Self harm

jaedia's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

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

5.0

 That was great! Wow. Inspired by a short story called "The Willows" by Algernon Blackwood, somebody who inspired the likes of H.P. Lovecraft, T. Kingfisher weaves an absolutely bonechilling story of other worlds that appear in the walls of her strange but king Uncle Earl's Wonder Museum, full of bizarre taxidermy and other such artifacts.

I'm still stewing on it, really, but I can say that it takes a lot for horror to get under my skin these days, but The Hollow Places creeped me out. And I love every moment of it. Nothing felt out of place, or bland. Kingfisher writes with so much colour and knows the perfect moments to tone it down and... damn. The atmosphere.

Read this if you're a fan of horror, particularly the Weird. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, and Stalking

Moderate: Child death, Gore, Medical content, Mental illness, Alcohol, and Animal death

vanadiumbean's review

adventurous dark funny mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.5

I think I prefer her romance novels. The writing style is fun, conversational and approachable, but stretches a little thin sometimes. Sometimes a humorous aside is just distracting from the stuff that's really interesting.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Blood and Mental illness

Minor: Infidelity, Medical content, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Animal death, Car accident, Child death, Confinement, and Murder

pandin's review

challenging dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Not my favorite from Kingfisher, but that’s probably because I was so dang scared the whole time. Fantastic writing, as ever, and great characters with bright, light moments of levity. All of that was overshadowed by the  Lovecraftian terror, but I think that was the point. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore and Body horror

Moderate: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Child abuse, Death, Gore, Infidelity, and Mental illness

Minor: Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death, Drug use, Excrement, Gun violence, Infidelity, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, and Violence