Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Through the Woods by E.M. Carroll

9 reviews

abookwormspov's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Child death, Confinement, Death, Torture, Violence, Abandonment, Animal cruelty, Blood, Body horror, Mental illness, Grief, Death of parent, Gore, and Gaslighting

casdelvo's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Body horror, Death, Animal death, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Ableism, and Death of parent

breadbummer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

5.0

SO glad StoryGraph recommended this to me! If you're like me and go bananas for Over the Garden Wall but are also into darker stories, this is the book for you. I could not get enough of any of the stories, and I found it especially compelling that most, if not all, of them were ultimately metaphors for loss or coping with it. TLDR; this is a fantastic book and you should read it!!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, Body horror, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death and Murder

Minor: Death of parent, Medical content, Child death, and Grief

annoyedhumanoid's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.75

to restate what everyone else has already said, the art is beautiful. like it really popped off that hard for the conclusion??? wow. but a few of the stories were too open-ended for my liking

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death of parent, Body horror, Death, and Murder

Moderate: Blood, Violence, Animal death, Grief, Toxic relationship, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Gaslighting

Minor: Alcohol and Gore

raynestorm's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

Haunting and Beautiful, an excellent read for anyone that loves the darkest hearts of Fairytales. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Blood, Emotional abuse, Body horror, Child death, and Death

Moderate: Blood, Violence, and Physical abuse

saldre's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Through the Woods is a fast read with 5 creepy short stories that take place in the woods. It's spooky, but not overly scary. The artwork is beautiful! My favorite stories are: A Lady's Hands Are Cold and The Nesting Place. I wish I had this graphic novel as a kid because I would've told theses stories at sleepovers.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail, Body horror, Blood, Child death, and Violence

kayfacereads's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Animal death, Child death, Death of parent, Grief, Gun violence, and Medical content

ladysanctuary's review against another edition

challenging dark tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Murder, and Violence

oliviamae's review against another edition

dark mysterious fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Death of parent, Murder, and Violence