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willa_reads_books's review against another edition
- 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? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Blood, Body horror, Child death, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, and Death
Moderate: Dementia, Murder, and Self harm
Minor: Suicide
soobooksalot's review against another edition
- 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
I've had my eye on The September House for awhile and was thrilled when it arrived in a recent book box.
What a unique book. I was hooked by the writing style from the very first pages, and totally taken in throughout.
Margaret and husband Hal purchased an 1800s-era house that happened to come with more chattels than expected. Ones that scream, bite, and make the walls bleed every September. A basement from hell.
There's a whole host of "pranksters" in the old Vale house, with visible evidence of how they met their ends.
Oh it's a dark scenario, and at times gorey and spooky. Yet author Carissa Orlando tells us the story with touches of humour and humanity that make the scary nearly charming.
I loved the whole experience and even more impressive that it's a debut.
Recommended!
Moderate: Violence, Vomit, Child death, Death, Dementia, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Alcohol, Animal death, Self harm, Alcoholism, Blood, and Death of parent
sarah984's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Graphic: Child death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Body horror
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Violence, Vomit, Death, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Torture, Animal death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, and Physical abuse
Minor: Cannibalism, Confinement, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Gun violence, Police brutality, Self harm, and Suicide
Insect/bug contentamaranth_wytch's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Torture, Death, Dementia, Domestic abuse, Vomit, Cursing, Blood, Body horror, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Murder, Violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Child death, Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, and Gore
Moderate: Suicide and Self harm
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