Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

7 reviews

mj452's review

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Cursing, Blood, Death, Gore, Suicide, Vomit, Gaslighting, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Torture, and Violence

Moderate: Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Emotional abuse, Excrement, Grief, and Medical content

Minor: Misogyny, Alcohol, and Sexual content

chuckyinspace's review against another edition

funny lighthearted 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? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Forced institutionalization, Religious bigotry, Medical trauma, Violence, and Death

voilajean's review

dark tense fast-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, Gore, Religious bigotry, Violence, Vomit, Forced institutionalization, Medical trauma, Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Physical abuse, and Torture

Moderate: Classism and Antisemitism

spooderman's review

dark funny 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? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Ableism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, and Vomit

Minor: Religious bigotry, Xenophobia, and Misogyny

sophiareadswaytoomuch's review

challenging dark funny tense fast-paced

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

3.5

Honestly, I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. I’ve read a couple of other books by this author and they didn’t really hit the mark for me, where this one did. I really loved the commitment to the book format- the similarity to an IKEA catalogue is maintained all the way through, up to and including the authors note. I thought it was a nice touch, and it helped to keep the tongue-in-cheek aspect as the book got a bit darker in places.

 This book also succeeded in making me feel both scared and uncomfortable, which is a first for this author. Definitely check the content warnings: I went into this blind and damn. There ended up being a few things I would have appreciated a heads up about. 

I ended up really enjoying the development of the Amy and Basil, two of the main characters. While not super likeable at times, they were definitely fun to read about, and I appreciated their character arcs. 
Overall a fun, fast paced story with a solid cast of characters, decent amount of spook factor, and generally an interesting take on the haunted house genre.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Religious bigotry and Forced institutionalization

Moderate: Mental illness, Torture, Body horror, Confinement, Death, Forced institutionalization, Gore, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Misogyny

oliviafaye's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense fast-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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Death, Excrement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Grief, Kidnapping, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Murder, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, Self harm, Suicide, Torture, and Violence

alreads13's review

dark funny mysterious tense fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Confinement, Forced institutionalization, Gore, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Torture