Reviews tagging 'Child death'

Stolen Tongues by Felix Blackwell

40 reviews

disguisedposer's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Absolutely loved this and it's going to stick with me for a while. I highly recommend that you listen to the audiobook version because the narrator doing the different voices I think created 85% of the creepy factor. The story itself was probably pretty creepy on its own, but the VOICES! 😳😳😳 If you had told me prior to this year that I would enjoy and recommend an audiobook over reading I'd have said you were delusional, but here we are! Narration is 4.5*

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Murder, Child death, Mental illness, Gore, Violence, Gaslighting, Body horror, Cultural appropriation, Death, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

moebrownie's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense slow-paced

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

1.5

The prologue was peak horror writing, but unfortunately the book goes downhill from there. The challenges the characters face become repetitive and tiring. I personally found the ending wholly unsatisfying. I also don’t understand how you follow up your book with an entire passage about wanting to be sensitive about writing indigenous characters and experiences right after

killing off the main two indigenous characters in the book??

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Vomit, Gore, Murder, and Child death

Moderate: Mental illness

Minor: Colonisation

bbelitz's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Violence, and Vomit

keiraonyxraven's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, Vomit, Miscarriage, Death, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Death of parent

monkeymouse113's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Grief, Gaslighting, Vomit, Gore, and Death

Minor: Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Suicidal thoughts, and Child death

nnylelocin's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Miscarriage, Vomit, Body horror, Death, Mental illness, and Cursing

creatureof_nature's review

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.0

This really grabbed me for the first 60% or so of the book, but the ending was lacklustre. It had the potential, but it died off closer to the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Stalking, Death, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Child death

amaranth_wytch's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Body horror

Moderate: Death, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Violence, Gore, Vomit, and Grief

Minor: Cancer, Pregnancy, Child death, and Suicidal thoughts

zapzap9000's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious tense fast-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? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Grief, Death, Suicidal thoughts, Murder, Child death, Colonisation, Miscarriage, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, Torture, Physical abuse, Stalking, and Vomit

anntharai's review against another edition

dark sad 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

1.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Stalking, Cultural appropriation, Injury/Injury detail, Panic attacks/disorders, and Vomit