Reviews tagging 'Grief'

Hare House by Sally Hinchcliffe

6 reviews

diana_raquel's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Death, Grief, Animal death, Animal cruelty, and Blood

Moderate: Sexism, Confinement, and Gun violence

Minor: Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, and Misogyny

five_rats_in_a_trenchcoat's review against another edition

dark slow-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Eating disorder, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

Moderate: Confinement and Death

Minor: Self harm, Stalking, Death of parent, Grief, Panic attacks/disorders, and Pedophilia

livlostinstereo's review against another edition

dark mysterious 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? It's complicated

3.0

I found this book in my local library and the premise piqued my interest. Hinchcliffe’s writing is beautiful. Honestly, this woman can turn a phrase with the best of them. Her descriptions of the Scottish countryside and her metaphoric style are all lovely. She creates tension like a pro. 
However, the reason I’m giving this a 3 star rating: the resolution of the supernatural/mysterious causes of all the strangeness going on is lacking. The characters aren’t particularly lovable(though I must admit, we all know a Janet), which isn’t an issue, but the resolution doesn’t quite answer any of the questions. I have my theories but I would have loved a more thorough answer to some of the questions presented.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Confinement, Body horror, Car accident, Gun violence, Panic attacks/disorders, and Self harm

Moderate: Mental illness, Death of parent, Grief, Stalking, Physical abuse, and Pedophilia

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Toxic friendship, and Gaslighting

frankieclc's review against another edition

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Grief

Minor: Eating disorder

madamelacy's review

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad tense medium-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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Self harm, Eating disorder, Animal death, Grief, and Mental illness

Moderate: Classism, Car accident, and Death of parent

Minor: Adult/minor relationship

The story isn’t resolved at the end so it’s up to the reader to decide what really happened.

saralouisemarsbar's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Car accident, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Grief, and Mental illness