Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

45 reviews

ahixon1's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Toxic relationship, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Mental illness, Medical trauma, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Suicide, Stalking, and Gore

Minor: Vomit

lolaslalaland's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Down at the end of Needless Street lives a peculiar man with his daughter and a cat, but strange things have been happening in and around the house. Strange things... 

Pros: 
✅ I was on the edge of my sea to the very end 
✅ twists I never expected 
✅ every character was unique and individual 
✅ all moments and details are important and come together 
✅ truly terrifying and disturbing 
✅a masterwork of perspectives 
Cons: 
❌ a bit of a slow and confusing beginning, I almost DNFed it but I am so glad I didn't! 

I feel like I cannot say much more about this book without revealing key details because it is just such a ride that cannot be spoiled. Highly highly recommend to all readers! 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, Child death, Death of parent, Gore, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Child abuse, Death, Emotional abuse, and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Self harm, Alcohol, and Murder

maimy_santiago99's review against another edition

dark emotional mysterious sad medium-paced

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

3.25

Well written. Not Gothic, not really horror. Psychological, upsetting, heart breaking, rage inducing. Includes physical and psychological harm to children.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Suicide attempt, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Mental illness, Medical trauma, Medical content, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Physical abuse, Grief, Child death, Animal cruelty, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Death, Suicide, Murder, Torture, Animal death, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia

kcelena's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

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

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Addiction, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Domestic abuse, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Torture, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Child death, Dysphoria, Fatphobia, Murder, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Violence, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Gore, and Mental illness

aardwyrm's review against another edition

dark mysterious sad tense 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

3.0

It's fun to read, and the genre is full of works that are great atmosphere 90% of the way through and then don't stick the landing. If you just want spooky eeriness, it's not a bad choice. It's just ultimately got nothing it's actually about. The setup seems to promise a situation where lots of cliche genre stuff seems to be true, and then the big twist is all the cliche stuff is in fact true, just obfuscated. It's definitely going for twisty and intricate, but a twist and just changing the story partway through aren't really the same thing. Exactly the sort of book I think ought to have a warning sticker you can optionally peek under so you can know before you get invested if the supernatural is just a bad metaphor. When the big reveal is nothing interesting has really happened, then it's hard to care about what comes before. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Physical abuse, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide, Violence, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Classism, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Misogyny, Murder, Self harm, Alcoholism, Bullying, Child abuse, Child death, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Grief, Homophobia, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Ableism, Alcohol, Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Death, Death of parent, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Medical content, Stalking, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, Animal death, Body horror, Suicidal thoughts, and Vomit

semeyers's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Mental illness, Alcoholism, and Confinement

Moderate: Suicide attempt and Gore

Minor: Vomit

wackly93's review against another edition

challenging dark informative mysterious sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Violence, Torture, Death, Child abuse, Physical abuse, Animal death, Death of parent, Toxic relationship, Suicide attempt, Self harm, Injury/Injury detail, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Grief, Gore, Fire/Fire injury, Alcoholism, Blood, Confinement, Medical trauma, and Medical content

amberinbookland's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

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

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Stalking, Physical abuse, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Murder, Animal death, Alcoholism, Violence, Torture, Medical trauma, Injury/Injury detail, Homophobia, Gore, Emotional abuse, Death, Confinement, Child abuse, Body horror, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Alcohol

b_lownds127's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad slow-paced

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

5.0

I devoured this. I think is best to go into it knowing nothing. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Blood, Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Torture, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Body horror, Death, and Gore

bumble_abi's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Hard to review without spoilers but the sheer number of reversals and revelations we get in this is such a feat of storytelling. Takes a horror trope which is often done poorly and pulls off a blinder. An emotionally complex (but I would say horrifying without being especially terrifying, at least for me) and clever book. Couldn't put it down.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Gore, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Blood, and Death of parent

Minor: Self harm and Stalking