Reviews tagging 'Incest'

Ghost Story by Peter Straub

5 reviews

dogearedbooks's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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? Yes

3.0

I like how it was written, the weaving of the story with all the clues, but it was way too long. It needed to be 100 pages less, I was having so much trouble finishing the last quarter. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Grief, Violence, Suicide, Sexual content, and Infidelity

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, Child death, Death, Grief, Incest, and Pedophilia

Minor: Car accident, Drug use, Rape, Pedophilia, Stalking, and Sexual assault

slipp99's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-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

1.25

I found this book incredibly boring, hard to follow, and long. It was full of stereotypes and just not entertaining to me.

I did DNF it with two chapters left though, after trying my hardest to push through

Read for my office’s book club

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Child death, Kidnapping, and Blood

Moderate: Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Incest

goromajima's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest and Child death

fraeyalise's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

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

4.0

Super slow start, but by the end I was pretty hooked. This book isn't going to make me a fan of Peter Straub, but I'm glad I read it. 

I was super bored at first, but once I realized it was written in 1976 and set in "present day" everything started to make sense. 

Poor Ricky.

Edit: rounding up to 4 stars from 3.75 because it's been days since I finished this and I still think about the characters and plot, and I haven't been able to start another book yet.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Incest

kazik's review against another edition

dark mysterious medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Grief, Kidnapping, Murder, and Violence

Minor: Incest