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mamawantsbooks's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Bullying, Medical trauma, Confinement, Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Child death, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Murder, Animal death, Alcoholism, Blood, Body horror, Death, Gaslighting, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Vomit
lbsalas's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Bullying, Violence, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Animal death, Child abuse, Child death, Vomit, Mental illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Domestic abuse
Minor: Suicide
killmoore_'s review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
... and for me, this one fell a bit flat.
Despite being full of gore, this read like a PG13 horror movie - perhaps its the narration style, but it was severly lacking in the fear and anxiety I always seek out in a good haunted house novel. That is what caused this to be a 4 star read for me.
I still very much enjoyed it. The story is fun, the characters are perfectly atrocious, and I truly loved both of the plot twists. It was well written, and the ending was a trip. I would LOVE to see a movie made out of this honestly, it would translate beautifully, and will definitely pick up more books by this author.
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Toxic relationship, Death, Injury/Injury detail, Animal death, Body horror, Child abuse, Confinement, Alcoholism, Murder, Physical abuse, Violence, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide, Alcohol, Child death, Blood, Bullying, Cannibalism, Cursing, Vomit, Death of parent, Gore, Grief, Mental illness, Self harm, and Torture
bambooboy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Fire/Fire injury, Mental illness, Alcohol, Physical abuse, Body horror, Death of parent, Grief, Kidnapping, Confinement, Death, Murder, Suicide attempt, Torture, Toxic relationship, Animal death, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Child death, Domestic abuse, Gore, Child abuse, Violence, Vomit, and Emotional abuse
Moderate: Suicide, Cannibalism, Forced institutionalization, Gaslighting, Cursing, and Bullying
Minor: Stalking, Self harm, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Detailed description of content warnings below--Father is emotionally and physically abusive to mother; attempts to be abusive to daughter so mother removes her from home
--Multiple child murders, graphic descriptions of torture and murder
--Gaslighting protagonist as to existence of ghosts
--Many graphic descriptions of bodies being twisted and deformed, tortured
--Protagonist is abused emotionally and physically for many years and the ways she copes are covered
--Multiple people commit suicide in the house, deaths described
--Multiple descriptions of vomit, especially vomiting flies
--One character is murdered in a fireplace, attempts made to burn entire house down
--Daughter attempts to institutionalize mother